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White House Official Sarcastically Mocks Stephen Miller as a Puppy Eater
The Biden White House is working hard to press House Republicans to pass the border legislation they once demanded but Speaker Johnson has now rejected as “dead on arrival,” and they’re taking a variety of different steps to pound their points home.
Republicans tried to incinerate President Barack Obama in the final years of his tenure by blasting his “I’ve got a pen, and I’ve got a phone,” remarks he used to threatened executive orders if Congress did not give him what he needed.
But now, Republican lawmakers are literally demanding President Biden issue executive orders, so they don’t have to pass border legislation that Donald Trump opposes.
Speaker Johnson once again did just that just an hour ago.
“The President can take executive authority immediately and he’s pretending as though he does not know that. It’s outrageous. The American people are demanding action, we’re going to deliver it in every way we possibly can,” Johnson told reporters.
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But President Biden says he needs funding and congressional authority to take additional action, which he has been urgently asking for since at least October.
In remarks to reporters President Biden demanded Congress give him the tools to deal with the border. The video spread through right-wing social media like wildfire Tuesday morning. It was posted by a Republican National Committee social media account, a Trump campaign account, and numerous right-wing media outlets, apparently in an attempt to attack President Biden.
But the Biden White House also posted it, making clear Biden needs to legislation.
.@POTUS: “Give me the power. I’ve asked from the very day I went into office. Give me the Border Patrol. Give me the judges. Give me the people who can stop this and make it work.” pic.twitter.com/VU0cOsSU74
— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) January 30, 2024
White House Deputy Press Secretary and Senior Communications Adviser Andrew Bates, who posted that video, also took a more humorous approach Tuesday which ended with him mocking one of Donald Trump’s strongest anti-immigrant allies, Stephen Miller.
Miller was the architect of Trump’s child and family separation policy, which put thousands of migrant kids in cages.
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Bates first posted a whimsical “tweet” on X, writing that Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s “objections to the bipartisan border security deal are, at once: 1, new legislation to secure the border is unecessary (despite 6+ years of statements to the contrary) But also… 2, in order to secure the border, we need new legislation that goes further???”
He added a humorous photo of a dog looking “confused” to make his point – and some “receipts.”
Receipts:https://t.co/laVtT89rhuhttps://t.co/2REk8dHRvZ pic.twitter.com/JLiIAh6q7D
— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) January 30, 2024
Although Stephen Miller was not tagged on the post, the former Trump aide quickly shot back, attacking Bates: “Andrew continues to boldly advertise the impressive depths of his ignorance. Let me try this for you again, Andrew, only slower: 1. Biden ordered the border open 2. Biden could rescind those orders at any time 3. Or Congress could pass a law forcing Biden to rescind his orders.”
President Biden did not order the border open.
Even the right-wing think tank, the Cato Institute, says claims Biden has an “open borders” policy are “unhinged from reality.”
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Bates responded to Miller, sarcastically writing: “Everyone’s thinking, “Andrew, when you tweet about House Republicans delaying border security, Steven gets triggered & we have to hear nails on a chalkboard again.’ But hear me out: every time Steven stops what he’s doing to tweet at me, he puts down the puppy he’s about to eat.”
Everyone’s thinking, “Andrew, when you tweet about House Republicans delaying border security, Steven gets triggered & we have to hear nails on a chalkboard again.”
But hear me out: every time Steven stops what he’s doing to tweet at me, he puts down the puppy he’s about to eat. https://t.co/K9VAToyFCA
— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) January 30, 2024
As of this time Miller has not responded to Bates’ tweet.
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