Biden On His Border Crisis: ‘I Guess I Should Go Down,’ But ‘I Haven’t Had A Whole Hell Lot Of Time’

President Joe Biden conceded during a CNN town hall event on Thursday night that he should visit the U.S.-Mexico border to see the crisis that has erupted under this leadership, but claimed that he just has not had enough time to do it.

Biden made the remarks in response to a question from CNN’s Anderson Cooper on whether he had plans to visit the border.

“I’ve been there before, and I haven’t — I mean, I know it well,” Biden claimed. “I guess I should go down.  But the — but the whole point of it is: I haven’t had a whole hell of lot of time to get down.  I’ve been spending time going around looking at the $900 billion worth of damage done by — by hurricanes and floods and — and weather, and traveling around the world.”

“But I plan on — now, my wife, Jill, has been down.  She’s been on both sides of the river,” he said. “She’s seen the circumstances there.  She’s looked into those places.  You notice you’re not seeing a lot of pictures of kids lying on top of one another with — you know, with — with bla- — with, you know, looks like tarps on top of them.”

RNC Deputy Communications Director Nathan Brand called out Biden over his remarks, saying that while Biden claims to not have time to go to the border, he “spends time every weekend at his beach home.”

WATCH:

Biden: “I have not had a whole hell lot of time to get down” to the Southern border

Reality: spends time every weekend at his beach home

(Also, he hasn’t been to the border in at least 10+ years, if ever)pic.twitter.com/TETduqGUDq

— Nathan Brand (@NathanBrandWA) October 22, 2021

TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED VIA THE WHITE HOUSE:

MR. COOPER:  Do you have plans to visit the southern border?

THE PRESIDENT:  I’ve been there before, and I haven’t — I mean, I know it well.  I guess I should go down.  But the — but the whole point of it is: I haven’t had a whole hell of lot of time to get down.  I’ve been spending time going around looking at the $900 billion worth of damage done by — by hurricanes and floods and — and weather, and traveling around the world. 

But I plan on — now, my wife, Jill, has been down.  She’s been on both sides of the river.  She’s seen the circumstances there.  She’s looked into those

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