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Chris Christie Attacks Biden on the Border!

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Chris Christie – who may or may not hold some presidential aspirations himself – has gone on the attack against Joe Biden&comma; blaming his administration for its failures at the US border&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The former NJ Governor knocked President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for not visiting the US-Mexico border amid a surge in migrants&comma; and he placed blame for the ongoing crisis squarely at the feet of the White House&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The reason they’re not going&comma; I understand from a political perspective&comma; is &lbrack;it’s&rsqb; an ugly story for them&period; They have induced this problem&comma;” Christie&comma; an ABC contributor&comma; said on the network’s weekend show &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This Week&period;”&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&&num;8220&semi;Look&comma; in the end&comma; they have let this crisis get to the point where it is&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s why they don&&num;8217&semi;t want to go down there&period; What politician doesn&&num;8217&semi;t want to go to the scene of crisis&quest; Only if they created the crisis themselves&period; And the fact that neither the vice president nor the president &lbrack;has&rsqb; been to the border is something that&&num;8217&semi;s going to be very noticed this week … even more than it&&num;8217&semi;s been noticed before&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Christie said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The Trump-era immigration policy Title 42&comma; which allowed the border officials to turn away asylum seekers due to concerns about public health within US borders during the COVID-19 pandemic&comma; was struck down by a federal judge last month and is set to expire this week — and some are now bracing for an uptick in border crossings&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The border city of El Paso&comma; Texas&comma; is under a state of emergency declaration as migrants surge into shelters in the area just days before Title 42 is set to end&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Christie called the crisis &&num;8220&semi;disgraceful&&num;8221&semi; and told &&num;8220&semi;This Week&&num;8221&semi; host Martha Raddatz&comma; &&num;8220&semi;You&&num;8217&semi;ve been to the border more than Kamala Harris&comma; and she&&num;8217&semi;s supposed to be the border czar&period;&&num;8221&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&&num;8220&semi;They&&num;8217&semi;ve made promises well over their skis on Title 42&comma; now don&&num;8217&semi;t know how to get out of it because they have a war within their own party&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Christie said of Harris and Biden&period; &&num;8220&semi;And if we&&num;8217&semi;re looking at 14&comma;000 to 18&comma;000 people cross the border a day&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s going to be mayhem down there&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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