President Joe Biden apparently enjoyed trolling Republican hecklers as they mocked when he spoke of his border reform bill during Thursday night’s State of the Union address via Mediaite.
“In November, my team began serious negotiations with a bipartisan group of senators,” Biden began. “The result was a bipartisan bill with the toughest set of border security reforms we’ve ever seen.”
Dissenters began yelling, “No!” and booing at the suggestion, which spurred Biden on.
“Oh, you don’t think so? Oh, you don’t like that bill, huh? That conservatives got together and said it was a good bill. I’ll be darn! That’s amazing!”
It was noted that Biden then ran down the provisions of the legislation.
“That bipartisan bill would hire 1,500 more security agents and officers, 100 more immigration judges to help tackle the backload of two million cases, 4,300 more asylum officers and new policies so they can resolve cases in six months instead of six years now. What are you against?”
Vice President Kamala Harris decided to stand up and applauded loudly behind him, eliciting a cheer from the Democratic Party. It was noted that Biden couldn’t halt the situation at the southern border with Mexico and it has long been a source of grievance for Republicans.
The border and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, which was put up by a bipartisan group of senators, was deemed “dead on arrival” by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
During a recent visit to a border community in Texas, Biden urged former President Donald Trump to back the law and see it through Congress.
“Instead of playing politics with the issue, instead of telling members of Congress to block the bill, join me or I’ll join you in telling the Congress to pass this bipartisan border security bill,” Biden said, addressing Trump, who opposed bill.
