Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Montana Governor Greg Gianforte slammed President Joe Biden during a joint interview on Friday for the impact that his border crisis is having on their states and for his lack of action to address the issue.
Kemp said that Republican Governors did not coordinate their responses to help Texas Governor Greg Abbott this week because the dire situation was such a “no brainer.”
“Every state now is a border state,” he said. “When you have Joe Biden’s Democratic opponent saying, ‘This is outrageous and out of control at the border’; when you have Democratic mayors across the country that are saying, ‘This is outrageous and something’s got to be done.’ And the Republican governors, we have been standing in solidarity for well over a year, couple years now on the disaster at the border. I’ve been down there four times myself, the White House and Joe Biden just obviously doesn’t get it or they don’t care.”
Gianforte said that 10 million illegal aliens have crossed into the U.S. under Biden’s watch, nearly 10 times the population of the state of Montana.
“We’re seeing the implications here on the northern border,” he said. “We’ve been arresting Mexican cartel drug dealers in the state of Montana. We are being overwhelmed. There is no word to describe this except invasion. The open border policy of the Biden administration is making every state a border state as Governor Kemp said, and it’s time for the administration to step up and do their job. That’s why it was not a question about whether you’re going to stand with Governor Abbott in protecting the southern border.”
Kemp said that Republicans in Congress should do whatever they can to secure any wins they can get right now while Republicans pressure Biden to use executive action to bring an immediate end to damaging policies like catch and release.
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Kemp said that Biden needs to go to the border himself and see the destruction he has caused first hand instead of focusing on “cutting Greg Abbott’s razor wire.”
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Joe Biden’s refusal to take action at our southern border has put American lives in danger.
Georgia will not waiver in our support for @GregAbbott_TX and Texas' constitutional right to self-defense. pic.twitter.com/v5IegST8bD
— Brian Kemp (@BrianKempGA) January 26, 2024