US Home Republicans made a visit to the southern border this week to see the invasion by unlawful immigrants and take images as they purport to take a stand in opposition to Biden’s open border insurance policies.
After adjourning the Home for 3 weeks with no answer to the border disaster, Home Speaker Mike Johnson introduced the journey on X, commenting,
60+ Home Republicans are heading to Texas this week to see firsthand and spotlight the affect of Biden’s border disaster. This example requires important coverage modifications and Home Republicans will proceed advocating for actual options that truly safe our border.
60+ Home Republicans are heading to Texas this week to see firsthand and spotlight the affect of Biden’s border disaster.
This example requires important coverage modifications and Home Republicans will proceed advocating for actual options that truly safe our border. https://t.co/7IogPSDXOP
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) January 2, 2024
Throughout a press convention on Thursday, RAV correspondent Ben Bergquam requested the group of lawmakers for a present of fingers of “who will vote to close down the federal government” until Biden closes the border as a substitute of passing one other persevering with decision whereas the border stays large open.
However Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) misplaced it and interrupted Bergquam, saying, “We’re not going to do a present of fingers. We’re not in a classroom. We’re not doing a present of fingers!”
The Nationwide Pulse reports,
U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) snapped at a reporter who requested lawmakers to boost their hand in the event that they supported shutting down the federal government until President Joe Biden shuts down the border. The incident occurred at a press convention held by Home Speaker Mike Johnson and different Republican lawmakers on the U.S.-Mexico border earlier in the present day.
“We’re not going to do a present of fingers,” Fallon might be heard saying – interrupting Home Speaker Mike Johnson as he fielded the question from Actual America Voice’s Ben Bergquam. The Texas Republican continued: “We’re not in a classroom. We’re not doing a present of fingers.”
The second was moreover weird on condition that Bergquam and different reporters are routinely requested to boost their fingers to aks questions of politicians, regardless of not being “in a classroom,” and that the query needs to be comparatively simple to reply for a so-called conservative involved with U.S. border safety.
As an alternative, Speaker Johnson indicated the Home would push ahead with passing particular person appropriations payments. He added that Home Republicans have been capable of head off a Christmas omnibus invoice out of the Senate. The Home handed a laddered continuing resolution, that means Congress has till January nineteenth to fund a part of the federal authorities – and February 2nd to fund the remaining departments.
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.@BenBergquam requested Republicans for a present of fingers — who would shut down the federal government if there’s no shut down of the border?
Apparently it offended @RepPatFallon who mentioned he’s not in a classroom so he gained’t do a present of fingers? pic.twitter.com/Oo7Ci1F6X9
— Raheem. (@RaheemKassam) January 4, 2024
Bergquam later joined Bannon’s Struggle Room to debate the “McCarthy period conceitedness” from Pat Fallon:
BANNON: I’m not making an attempt to nickel and dime this man. We really preferred him quite a bit and have had his again, however you bought to face actuality. The nation is in a disaster. So Ben, first off, who was the man making an attempt to play Tom Cruise with the wraparound sun shades, making an attempt to be Clint Eastwood with the wraparound sun shades, who mentioned, no, we’re not in a classroom? Properly, dude, you’re in a classroom. We wish to see a present of fingers. Who’s that? The place’s he from? Let’s have a dialogue about that, as a result of that was form of inappropriate. I assumed was an inappropriate response.
BERGQUAM: I had by no means heard of the man earlier than this. His title is Pat Fallon, congressional consultant from Texas’ fourth district, the northeast aspect, exterior of Dallas, the suburbs and up into the Northeast. And you realize, once more, my greatest drawback with congressional representatives: if I haven’t heard of you, if you happen to’ve been in workplace for greater than two years, and I haven’t heard of you, that’s an issue, particularly once you’re in Texas and your state is being overrun, our nation is being overrun, and I’ve by no means heard your title and the very first thing you do is heckle me and say we’re not in a classroom. After I needed to increase my hand to ask the dang query, you’ll be able to’t increase your hand and say sure, I’ll get up for our nation, and I’ll shut down our authorities till we shut down the border? You’re upset at that query? Not at the truth that our nation is being invaded and destroyed from inside. I don’t have time for that. I don’t have time for that, Steve.
Ben Bergquam Shreds GOP For Refusing To Shut Down Authorities & Border @benbergquam pic.twitter.com/HVyI23gR2K
— Grace Chong (@gc22gc) January 4, 2024
