The Democratic frontrunner in the race for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District seat and a prominent Republican candidate agree there’s a crisis on the southern border, the administration of President Joe Biden has done little to deal with the situation, and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is in the political crosshairs of former President Donald Trump on the topic.
“Border security is our No. 1 issue in the nation, and it is irresponsible to tie it to anything,” Republican 3rd District candidate Ron Hanks said in an email of Senate negotiations to link border funding to support for Ukraine. “It should stand alone, and be fast-tracked on the legislative agenda. God bless Texas and the several states aligning with them in asserting our 10th Amendment rights.”
Texas officials are in a standoff with federal agents over border security.
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Adam Frisch, the district’s leading Democratic candidate both in terms of fundraising and name recognition, blasted President Joe Biden on border security issues.
“There’s a border crisis, and it’s of epic proportions, and it’s very sad that the White House seems to have had zero border or immigration policy since President Biden got in,” Frisch said. “They don’t have one, or they certainly haven’t been very frank about it, and I think they get in this position where just because Fox News is talking about it, they don’t believe it’s true.”
Frisch, an Aspen businessman and former city council member who lost to current Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert by just 546 votes in 2022, also blasted Trump for politicizing the border.
“It’s heartbreaking to hear Mitch McConnell, who wants to have some kind of rational border conversation, wants to support Ukraine, which is important, wants to support Israel, which is important, wants to make sure that Taiwan feels the support from the United States as well,” said Frisch, referring to reports that McConnell caved to Trump’s influence over ongoing Senate negotiations. McConnell and other Republicans said Thursday they’ll keep working on an immigration bill, and Biden on Friday said he would “shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed” if Congress passes the immigration measure.
“For everyone just to admit that we need to move this from a conversation about policy and security to a conversation about political cynicism, I find to be, even in today’s age, heartbreaking,” Frisch added. “It’s heartbreaking for those families and for our security, because we’re not getting the funds we need … to try to figure out how to increase border security.”
Frisch also wants to see the border debate, besides focusing on the humanitarian crisis, include the economics of bolstering the U.S. labor force: “From an economic standpoint, which I wish was more of the conversation of late, I’ve yet to meet a business owner, regardless of political persuasion or party, that doesn’t say to me within the first couple minutes, ‘The border needs to be fixed, we need more workers, and we need to figure out a way to increase legal immigration … and decrease the illegal immigration.’”
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Boebert, who is leaving the 3rd District, which encompasses most of southern and western Colorado, to run for the 4th District seat in eastern Colorado, posted a tweet Wednesday on X, formerly Twitter that said, “America cannot survive four more years of the Biden Regime. Joe Biden has destroyed our economy, crippled our energy sector, gave Ukraine more than $100 billion, and facilitated an invasion that has released more than 6.2 million illegals into the homeland. Sleepy Joe has got to go!”
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