{"id":2242254,"date":"2024-05-11T05:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T09:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-look-to-flip-the-script-on-border-security-as-republicans-decry-political-stunt\/"},"modified":"2024-05-11T05:12:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T09:12:28","slug":"democrats-look-to-flip-the-script-on-border-security-as-republicans-decry-political-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-look-to-flip-the-script-on-border-security-as-republicans-decry-political-stunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats aim to change the narrative on border security amidst Republican criticism of a &#8216;political&#8217; move"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fdemocrats-look-to-flip-the-script-on-border-security-as-republicans-decry-political-stunt%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=2242254&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>Congressional Democrats are boldly tackling border\u2062 security, a once-avoided issue, \u200cto appeal to\u200d voters in the upcoming elections. Despite facing challenges, they aim to revive\u200b bipartisan border proposals while Republicans criticize\u2062 their motives. The debate intensifies as\u2063 both\u2064 parties strategize on dealing\u200d with the surge in border crossings. Congressional \u200dDemocrats are now taking \u2063on border security, previously avoided, to attract voters in the upcoming \u2062elections. Their goal is to revive bipartisan border proposals, although Republicans question their intentions. As both parties strategize, the discussion escalates on managing the increase \u200cin \u2063border crossings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Border security\">Border security<\/a> is a topic congressional Democrats once shied away from. Now, they\u2019re embracing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominee-skates-through-confirmation-hearing-without-facing-questions-about-her-handling-of-steele-dossier\/\" title=\"Biden Nominee Skates Through Confirmation Hearing Without Facing Questions About Her Handling Of Steele Dossier\">politically charged subject<\/a> as a winning election-year issue.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats see an opening to score goodwill with voters on a policy that\u2019s top of mind in polls, but that has been a political nightmare for the party due to a surge of illegal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"southern border\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">southern border<\/a><\/a> crossings under President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"southern border\">Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the GOP dominating immigration among voters, Democrats are looking to be buoyed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/decades-of-gop-immigration-frustration-fuel-border-deal-opposition\/\" title=\"GOP immigration frustration fuels opposition to border deal\">bipartisan border proposal<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2843032\/bipartisan-border-ukraine-deal-fails-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">sank in the Senate<\/a> earlier this year under the weight of conservative backlash, including from presumptive GOP presidential nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2837115\/donald-trump-border-deal-death-wish-republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Democrats say Republicans can either work with them to revive the lifeless legislation or be forced to vote it down again in the coming months. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is that they\u2019re exposed. They don\u2019t want to fix the border. They don\u2019t want to have to vote on this again,\u201d Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), the lead Democratic negotiator on border issues, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cRight now, the Democratic Party is the only party that is serious about fixing the border. We\u2019re going to continue to give Republicans opportunity to vote with us to secure the border and let the American public see who\u2019s serious and who just wants to complain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GOP backlash to the accusations and strategy was swift and across the board, including centrists and conservatives. They assailed the tactic as purely \u201cpolitical\u201d months before the November elections and said Biden could fix the problem anytime he pleases with administrative policies. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey haven\u2019t engaged with any Republicans,\u201d Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), who\u2019s often involved in bipartisan talks, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cIt looks like another messaging effort, political effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), a leadership member, rolled her eyes upon learning of Democrats\u2019 offer.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet on that recording, my eyes just rolled into the back of my head,\u201d she told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cWhat\u2019s their point? It\u2019s all political. It\u2019s all political. Biden can take care of a lot of what\u2019s going on at the borders. And then we need to come together in a bipartisan manner and figure out the rest, but this is not the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The opposition underscored the lack of desire among Senate Republicans to reopen fresh wounds on a contentious bill that their House counterparts already made clear has no chance of becoming law.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), left, talks as Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) listens during a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mariam Zuhaib)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After months of talks and the blessing of GOP negotiator Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), Senate Republicans in February tanked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trying-to-tank-horrible-bipartisan-border-bill-says-he-wants-the-blame-if-it-fails\/\" title=\"Trump wants to take the blame if the bipartisan border bill fails, as he tries to sabotage it\">bipartisan border bill<\/a> that was attached to a foreign aid package. It would have provided roughly $20 billion for border security, expanded expulsion authority, bolstered asylum standards, and limited catch-and-release practices.<\/p>\n<p>Four Republicans, including Lankford and Romney, voted in favor, while five Democrats voted against.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Democrats in the House and deploying a similar flip-the-script tactic to portray Republicans as obstructionists, per a campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/dccc.org\/democrats-will-confront-republican-efforts-to-kill-border-security-bill-on-the-campaign-trail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"strategy memo\">strategy memo<\/a>. House Republicans passed a far stricter border bill last year, but it was deemed dead on arrival by Senate Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), one of Senate Democrats\u2019 most vulnerable members, has especially leaned into border security. The red-state Democrat has cut ads distancing himself from the president, saying he \u201cworked with Republicans, fighting to shut down the border \u2026 and he fought to stop President Biden from letting migrants stay in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tester is now the lone Democrat to co-sponsor the Laken Riley Act, a GOP-championed illegal immigration bill named after a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was allegedly killed by an undocumented immigrant previously released by New York police for a nonviolent crime. The measure would require undocumented immigrants accused of certain crimes to be detained by law enforcement until deportation.<\/p>\n<p>Tester voted against the measure in the form of an amendment to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reverses-27-4-billion-in-spending-cuts-proposed-by-trump\/\" title=\"Biden Reverses .4 Billion in Spending Cuts Proposed by Trump\">government funding bill<\/a> in March. The addition of the GOP-backed measure to the larger spending package could have upended the bipartisan deal and triggered a shutdown<\/p>\n<p>Tester\u2019s GOP challenger, Tim Sheehy, donned him the \u201cFlip-Flop Flattop,\u201d a reference to the senator\u2019s haircut.<\/p>\n<p>Tester told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> he supports Democrats\u2019 renewed border security efforts, so long as it\u2019s not to score political points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re talking about rekindling talks to get something done, I\u2019m all about it,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we\u2019re talking about doing stuff for political purposes, which is why that bill didn\u2019t pass, count me out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security unveiled a new policy this week to fast-track asylum processing at the southern border for migrants with serious alleged crimes or with terrorist links to more quickly deport them. Republicans said the move was the sort of executive action Biden could continue to take but has largely refused to.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has countered that they lack congressional authority. <\/p>\n<p>Lankford said he\u2019s yet to hear from Democrats about rejuvenating the failed border endeavor and described the administration\u2019s announcement as frustrating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt only frustrates me that they could have done it three years ago,\u201d he told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Lankford was unsure whether he would support his border legislation this time around should Democrats hold another vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to see where we are on it,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m not backing away from anything we agreed to, but I\u2019ve just got to be able to see where we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) was among the few Republicans who expressed a strong willingness to go another round on border security with Democrats. But he cautioned that the Senate GOP should avoid boxing in House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who just survived his first ouster attempt at the hands of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is always politics involved, but I want to see results, which means you\u2019ve got to be able to coordinate with your allies in the House,\u201d Rounds told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cOne thing we don\u2019t want to do is put Mike Johnson into a precarious position in the House right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>David Sivak contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressional Democrats, formerly cautious about border security, now leverage it as a key election-year issue. They recognize the opportunity to connect with voters on a pressing topic, despite its past political challenges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2242255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24129715531250.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2242254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24129715531250.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242254","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\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2242254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}