Did Joe Biden not just give a speech about putting political partisanship aside?
His whole Christmas speech was once again about uniting the country.
One would think a great way to back up those words would be to meet the Republican whose district encompasses El Paso during his big border visit.
Not only was Rep. Gonzalez (R-TX) not invited, he was specifically told he could not attend the event.
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Gonzalez was livid about the snub.
He stated, “I find it insulting that President Biden blames space constraints for ignoring my request to accompany him on a visit to El Paso County, which I represent in Congress.
“For two years, this administration has pointed fingers at Republicans for not wanting to act in a bipartisan manner on border policy.
“In contrast, by not inviting Republicans on this trip, specifically the Republican member who represents El Paso, it shows they are not willing to work across the aisle to fix the crisis at our southern border.”
On the order from the White House, he stated, “They told me that I couldn’t attend. The president essentially lied to my face, and this shouldn’t surprise anyone.”
“And I think it’s important that we have Republicans that are constantly pushing the administration to go, ‘no, no, no, I want to work with you. I want to find solutions.’ They want all Republicans to just give up.”
He continued, “It took the president 80 years to get to the border. You suspect it’s going to take another 80 years before he comes back.”
“Clearly this shows the administration has zero interest in solving this. They think it’s a political problem, they don’t think it’s a policy problem.”
The White House tried to spin this a different way, stating, “As is often the case with presidential trips, we received multiple requests from lawmakers to join the President on this trip and were not able to accommodate all requests, from Republicans and Democrats alike, due to space constraints.
“Our legislative affairs team has been and will continue to remain in close touch with these lawmakers.”
I tend to side with Gonzalez on this one because as we have learned, this administration is not capable of telling the truth.
Source: Fox News
