As MAGA minions in the House prioritize political stunts after tanking President Biden and Vice President Harris’ bipartisan border security deal at Donald Trump’s command, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: 

“JD Vance and the rest of Donald Trump’s MAGA minions killed the toughest, fairest bipartisan border reforms in decades because Trump put his own selfish political interests ahead of our country, telling Americans they should ‘blame it on me.’ Well, we are. Instead of working to secure the border, Trump’s MAGA GOP is fixated on trying to score cheap points that cater to the Trump-Vance ticket’s selfish instincts – not the American people or our border security.”

REMINDER: At his command, Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance joined MAGA minions in Congress to tank the bipartisan border deal.

JD Vance: “[The bipartisan border security bill] does nothing to secure the border.” 

New York Times: “Republicans Against Border Enforcement”

Axios: “Trump, House Republicans plot to kill border deal”

Vox: “Trump made this clear when he reportedly urged Republicans in Congress to turn against the bipartisan Senate border security bill scheduled for a vote Wednesday so that he could keep the issue alive through the presidential election. His supporters have largely fallen in line.”

CNN: “Trump, who is hoping to make immigration a key plank of his presidential campaign, has suggested on Truth Social that approving additional resources for the border would make Republicans ‘look bad.’”

Rolling Stone: “Border Patrol Supports ‘Strong’ Immigration Deal. Republicans Don’t Care”

Trump: “Please blame it on me.”

Trump: “I think [Republicans] are making a terrible mistake if they vote for the bill.”

CNN: “The border compromise would represent a dramatic change of immigration law on lines many Republicans have long supported.”

Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson helped tank the bipartisan border security bill — even calling it “dead on arrival” — despite saying border security “is a job for Congress.”

NBC News: “If the GOP can capture total control of the government … [Johnson] said border security would be at the top of the legislative agenda right out of the gate.”

Johnson: “Our immigration system is broken. Reforming that system is a job for Congress.”

Johnson: “The crisis at our southern border has deteriorated to such an extent that significant action can wait no longer.”

Johnson: “I do think it’s past time to secure the border.”

Johnson: “We must insist — must insist — that the border be the top priority.”

Johnson: “I have said that very clearly from day one, we have to solve the [border] problem.”

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik called the bipartisan border deal an “absolute non-starter” but has repeatedly said the top priority for House Republicans was securing the border.

Stefanik: “Our top priority is securing the southern border.”

Stefanik: “The reality is the House Republicans are going to stand up for border security on behalf of the American people, because we know that is the top concern among Americans, not just Republicans, but Independents and Democrat voters as well.”

Stefanik: “I know that the Speaker’s top priority is securing the border.”

The Guardian: “‘We don’t support shutting down the government,’ Stefanik said. ‘But we must secure the border.’”

Two-thirds of Americans support the bipartisan border security deal that Trump directed MAGA Republicans to reject.

Navigator Research: “Two in Three Americans Support the Bipartisan Immigration Deal”

“Two in three Americans supported the bipartisan immigration deal reached in the Senate, but that will not be taken up for a vote in the House. … On the Republican approach to the recent immigration package, Americans’ greatest concerns are that they are focused on the wrong issues and playing politics.

“The immigration deal earns support across party lines, including among three in four Republicans (net +58; 74 percent support –16 percent oppose), two in three independents (net +48; 64 percent support – 16 percent oppose), and three in five Democrats (net +32; 59 percent support – 27 percent oppose).”

Third Way: “Voters like the deal, both as a whole and individual components. … Across the board, both swing and base voters are remarkably aligned in favor of the big security components of the deal… It’s not just the tough on the border policies that voters like—they also understand that a major piece of restoring order must be providing orderly pathways for people to come to this country in other ways.”