Democrats shy from visiting the border, lest the facts offend
Who’s afraid of the big, bad border? House Democrats, clearly: Every Dem member flaked out of Wednesday’s Homeland Security Committee trip there, rather than face facts on the ever-growing crisis.
Ranking Dem Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) confirmed the cowardly move to the Washington Examiner, complaining that “Republicans planned to politicize this event from the start” and meant “to attack the administration and try to score political points” during testimony by the likes of US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz.
Yet partisanship’s a regular feature of all hearings — and scoring points is easier when your opponents don’t even show.
Planning started last month, with Dems requesting and getting a witness of their choice, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official.
The minority party could have used the trip to defend the administration’s approach and pitch members’ own border solutions — if they had any.
Bailing at the last minute sure suggests they’ve got nothing to say.
And it’s a growing trend.
Dems on the House Judiciary Committee boycotted a recent trip to the border wall in Yuma, Ariz., with Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-Manhattan) calling it a “stunt.”
No wonder Dems have become such big fans of censorship: Their entire approach to fact-finding has devolved to closing their eyes and ears.
