Democratic Congresswoman Hits out Against Biden for ‘Using the Same Tools’ as Trump

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JAYAPAL: "Well, I really think this is a mistake Democrats have made over and over again, Kaitlan. I've worked on this issue for 20 years. I'm the ranking member of the Immigration Subcommittee. We make the mistake of trying to out-Republican Republicans. They're not going to come over to us if they're fighting us on immigration. And for independents, our polling suggests that if you talk about humane ways, to actually institute a system that works, and we have some other ideas of policy things that president could do, that is actually what independents want. They don't want harsh enforcement policies that turn away very vulnerable asylum-seekers. And I think the President could have handled this differently. I've told him that directly. And I think that we have to lean in, as Democrats, to an inclusive vision of immigration. And we really have to make — continue to point out all the differences that we have with Donald Trump, who is xenophobic, racist, has said terrible things about immigrants. I know that is not who President Biden is, but using the same tools that Donald Trump used is actually a big problem for Democrats to be able to continue to show those differences and keep our base with us."

(Via Mediaite)