Fox News host Shannon Bream repeatedly corrected Democratic Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Sunday after he claimed that former President Donald Trump “torpedoed” the most recent efforts to address U.S. southern border security.
This exchange came after the Senate’s bipartisan border security bill was rejected in early February, with Democrats swiftly pointing fingers at Trump, despite some Republican lawmakers already expressing concerns about the deal.
During a conversation about increasing housing prices in Colorado linked to illegal immigration, Bream pushed back against Governor Polis’s claim that Trump was responsible for the illegal immigration issues.
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“There’s no doubt we would be in a better place today if President Trump hadn’t torpedoed the bipartisan border security plan that would’ve finally locked on the border,” Polis said.
“Okay, but that comes three and a half years into this administration. You’re repealing executive orders and doing all kinds of things that led us to these historically high numbers,” Bream pushed back.
Polis responded by emphasizing that both Democrats and Republicans “can’t let politics stand in the way,” while reiterating his belief that Trump was to blame for the bill’s failure.
“Look, Democrats have supported border security for decades. I supported it in Congress, sponsored bills to do it,” Polis said. “We can’t let politics stand in the way of solving this, so, well again, there might be blame on both sides. The most recent attempt to fix it was clearly torpedoed by former President Trump. That’s why we have a chaotic border today, very clear, that’s the matter. Of course, look —”
“Okay, well you know there’s a number of senators who we’ve had on this show and beyond that say that they weren’t going to vote for that bill regardless of whether President Trump liked it or not, they had real concerns with it in the House and the Senate,” Bream cut in.
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Polis suggested that the key question should have been to ask Republican lawmakers what specific changes they wanted. Bream responded by pointing out that GOP lawmakers would have likely said, “they weren’t allowed to make amendments.”
“Well then that’s their problem. That’s what they’re there for. We want ideas from the left and right,” Polis continued. “But again, the key thing is the border would be locked down today if not for President Trump thwarting that effort, preventing that effort and providing border security —”
“Wait, wait, wait, okay, but it’s fair to say that the bill was not going to lock down the whole border. In all honesty, that bipartisan plan was not going to completely stem the tide of what’s happening at the border,” Bream jumped in.
