WND By Nicholas L. Waddy 10/6/2023
Exclusive: Nicholas L. Waddy identifies several damages to Biden's standing after policy reversalEl Presidente José Biden, tireless and loyal friend and protector of "refugees" everywhere, promised us when he was running against diabolical fascist Donald Trump in 2020 that "There will not be another foot of wall constructed [during] my administration." In case there was any confusion on this point, he continued: "End. Stop. Done. Over. Not going to do it."
Good ol' Joe Biden: He sure does tell it like it is!
That's why it came as something of a shock this week when Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security announced that it would, in fact, be erecting 20 new miles of border barriers in Texas. What's more, to build this, uhh, let's call it a "fence," to spare Sleepy Joe's feelings, the Biden administration itself would have to waive "dozens of federal laws," affecting matters like water and air quality and the protection of endangered species, to facilitate the new construction. Biden has claimed that he "can't stop" the project, because the funds were appropriated before he took office, but the simple fact is that his own DHS and Customs and Border Protection are defending the move, and his own administration issued the necessary waivers. Biden responded with a pointed "no" to a question about whether "walls work," but the truth is that he and his administration own, whether they like it or not, this extraordinary policy shift.
Clearly, Joe Biden is – or at least his handlers are – reading the polls that say that the border crisis is growing acute. Biden may also be sensitive to the rising crescendo of complaints from deep blue governors and mayors, who are howling about the influx of migrants and the vast burdens and expense this influx inflicts on select communities. The Biden administration's tactical retreat on the question of wall construction, therefore, presumably reflects a cynical calculation that 1) showering these Democratic areas with federal dollars to defray the costs of housing, clothing, feeding and educating migrants, and 2) making a few empty gestures toward immigration enforcement, like building slightly more "wall," will, in combination, be enough to give Biden political cover in an election year. That, of course, remains to be seen.
This change of direction may, instead, prove extremely damaging – to the president himself.
First, it risks undercutting one of the central claims of Joe Biden and the Democrats: that their leadership represents an opportunity to reverse and repudiate the allegedly punitive and inhumane border policies of Donald Trump. In fact, as everyone knows, "Build the Wall!" was one of Trump's principal slogans and major policy initiatives. The fact that Biden is now mimicking Trump at the border is, understandably, seen by Trump and many Republicans and independents as a sign of weakness, indecision and even rank hypocrisy.
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