{"id":1228590,"date":"2022-01-20T21:37:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T02:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1228590"},"modified":"2022-01-20T21:37:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T02:37:19","slug":"gop-leaders-on-bidens-first-year-worst-human-rights-record-of-any-modern-u-s-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-leaders-on-bidens-first-year-worst-human-rights-record-of-any-modern-u-s-president\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Leaders on Biden\u2019s First Year: \u2018Worst Human Rights Record\u2019 of Any Modern U.S. President"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-leaders-on-bidens-first-year-worst-human-rights-record-of-any-modern-u-s-president%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1228590&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Several Republican congressmembers joined House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) at a press conference Thursday to mark President Joe Biden\u2019s first year in office, issuing scathing remarks on a slate of crises they said were a \u201cdirect result\u201d of his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The opening speaker, House GOP Conference chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Breitbart\/videos\/304132905105668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summarized<\/a> that with Democrats in control in the White House and both chambers of Congress, \u201cAmerica has faced a year of unprecedented crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe American people are facing an economic crisis, an energy crisis, a border crisis, an education crisis, a crime crisis, a worsening COVID-19 crisis, and a national security crisis,\u201d Stefanik said. \u201cThese crises are a direct result of the failed leadership and the far-left socialist agenda of Joe Biden and congressional Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19571298\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237856978.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19571298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237856978-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Chair of the House Republican Conference Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) speaks during a news conference with fellow House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. The news conference focused on critiques of President Joe Bidens first year in office. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Elise Stefanik speaks during a news conference with fellow House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Consumer prices for common goods like food, furniture, clothing, and cars are up, as Breitbart News\u2019s John Carney has&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2022\/01\/12\/carney-the-feds-catastrophic-failure-to-see-our-39-year-inflation-high-tide-coming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;extensively, while overall consumer prices in 2021 saw a seven percent annual increase, the largest increase in four decades. Oil prices, too,&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2022\/01\/19\/bidenflation-oil-soars-to-8-year-high-pumping-gas-prices-toward-recent-highs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">are<\/a>&nbsp;at an eight-year high.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Border patrol agents at the U.S.-Mexico border&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2021\/12\/30\/2021-1-9m-migrants-apprehended-along-southwest-border-500k-got-aways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">apprehended<\/a>&nbsp;approximately 1.9 million illegal migrants in 2021, while an estimated half a million \u201cgot aways\u201d evaded apprehension and are now presumably living in the U.S. illegally and unaccounted for. \u201cWe\u2019re in the biggest crisis we\u2019ve ever seen as far as border security goes,\u201d&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bf8RrM-XuZw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>&nbsp;Brandon Judd, president of the Border Patrol union and a Border Patrol agent of more than two decades, during an appearance on Fox News in November.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) spoke about the border at the press conference, pointing to the fentanyl being transported into the U.S. illegally and subsequently cropping up as an&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2021\/10\/06\/gop-governors-say-border-crisis-is-drug-crisis-killing-youth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">issue<\/a>&nbsp;in states across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow every state in the nation is a border city and community because you\u2019ve got drugs coming in across our border, and now fentanyl and other drugs killing people in every community in America, because Joe Biden not only stopped building the wall but sent a message all across the world, not just South and Central America, that our border is open,\u201d Scalise said.<\/p>\n<p>Other congressmembers spoke about K\u201312 students being subjected to remote learning, surging violent crime in urban areas, and rampant cases of coronavirus coupled with now two years\u2019 worth of coronavirus mandates and ever-changing&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cdc-director-aims-to-improve-covid-19-messaging-data-collection-11642429801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">messaging<\/a>&nbsp;from the Biden administration on when and how society will return to a state of normalcy.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL), the first Green Beret to serve in Congress, tore into Biden for national security policies \u2014 such as empowering Russia by stymieing U.S. oil and gas production while condoning Russia\u2019s new gas pipeline \u2014 and for having what Waltz described as \u201cthe worst human rights record of any modern American presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"video-src-attr\">Kevin McCarthy \/ Facebook<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Waltz cited&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/newsroom?field_news_release_topics_tag_target_id=168&amp;field_field_location_administrative_area=All&amp;field_published_date_value%5Bmin%5D=&amp;field_published_date_value%5Bmax%5D=&amp;combine=&amp;field_field_location_country_code=All\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ongoing<\/a>&nbsp;human trafficking crimes at the U.S. border and human rights abuses in Afghanistan against women and in Xinjiang,&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/2017-2021.state.gov\/determination-of-the-secretary-of-state-on-atrocities-in-xinjiang\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">China<\/a>, against Uyghurs.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cWe have three years to go, but I don\u2019t think we can realistically expect anything but more of the same \u2026 and it is a fundamentally flawed approach of America last and concessions first, and our adversaries see that as weakness and they see that as opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans\u2019 brutal review of the president comes as his approval ratings have been sinking across numerous polls with no sign of changing trajectory. On Wednesday, RealClearPolitics\u2019 average of polls&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/19\/nolte-joe-bidens-job-approval-falls-to-record-low-in-rcp-poll-average\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revealed<\/a>&nbsp;Biden\u2019s job approval hit 40.9 percent, a record-low for his presidency.<\/p>\n<p><em>Write to Ashley Oliver at <a href=\"mailto:aoliver@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aoliver@breitbart.com<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/asholiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@asholiver<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Republican congressmembers joined House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) at a press conference Thursday to mark President Joe Biden\u2019s first year in office, issuing scathing remarks on a slate &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1228590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1228590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1228590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1228590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1228590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}