House Speaker Mike Johnson recently provided compelling evidence to support the long-standing claims that Joe Biden is not truly in charge as president.
In an interview on Fox Business, the Louisiana Republican expressed doubt about Biden’s involvement in making decisions regarding immigration policies.
Johnson suggested that Biden’s staff was preventing him from taking executive action to address border security with Mexico.
Despite Johnson’s weeks-long effort to convince the president to reinstate the “Remain in Mexico” policy and resume construction of the border wall, Biden has maintained that he lacks the authority to do so, despite his predecessor having taken these actions.
He knows that he has the authority,” Johnson said. “We’ve documented it for him.
“I’ve read to him the law myself — to the president,” he added. “Read him the provisions of the law and said, ‘Mr. President, please take action.’”
Biden nonetheless continues to argue that he cannot act unless Congress does first.
“I don’t think he’s allowed to do it,” Johnson speculated.
“I’m not sure Joe Biden is actually making these decisions,” he added. “I think it’s staff around him, and they’re pushing him to hold the — or to keep the border open.”
The chances of the border deal negotiated in the Senate, rumored to include extra aid for Ukraine, getting approved by the Republican-controlled House are slim.
Consequently, if Biden persists in refusing to take executive action on the border issue, it is improbable that any significant changes will occur until after the November election.
“They’ve been trying to work this deal. We’ve heard rumor about it, reports about it. But even as we sit here this morning, Maria, I’ve never seen the text,” Johnson said Friday.
If the reported deal is accurate, Johnson dismissively referred to it as “dead on arrival” in the House. However, there remains a chance that the deal is actually more favorable than what has been portrayed by some. Although Johnson expressed skepticism about this possibility, he did indicate a willingness to consider it.
“The devil is in the details. We’ll check it out,” Johnson told Bartiromo. “I’m not prejudging anything, but I’ve told them the necessary elements of H.R. 2 are what are required to get control of the border.
“I’ve been consistent, and that’s our standard,” he said. “We’ll be looking for that.”
According to The Hill, Chuck Schumer, the Majority Leader of the Democratic Senate, has declined to schedule a vote on H.R. 2 in the Senate. However, he announced on Thursday that the details of the recently negotiated agreement would be made accessible over the weekend.
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