KJP Says Biden 'Recently' Visited Border: Fox News' Bill Melugin Adds Much Missing Context

Finally, President Biden admitted friday that the US border with Mexico is not secure, before calling for more money to better facilitate the historic invasion of foreign nationals from around the world.

Not only did the admission contradict Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, it comes after more than 8 million illegal immigrants entered the country under Biden's leadership.

At Monday's press conference, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: “Biden admitted on Friday that the border is not secure. Does he have any plans to visit the southern border before election?

“The president was in…visited the border recently,” KJP replied, prompting the reporter to note that the visit was in January 2023.

“Well, yes, that was, that was a year ago. It's been there,” the president's spokesman replied.

Q: Will the president visit the border before the election?

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: “The president visited the border recently”

(Biden's first and only visit to the southern border was a short drive over a year ago) pic.twitter.com/zCAoGdfWSk

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 22, 2024

In a follow-up, the reporter noted that there were 300,000 migrant encounters in December, noting that it was “the highest month on record,” before asking: “How bad must the border crisis be for Biden to take a step. return trip?”

“So, just to reiterate what I just said seconds ago, the president has been at the border,” Jean-Pierre said. “He has visited the border. He saw it for himself. He spoke to law enforcement. He saw exactly what happens at the border. The president understands what's happening at the border.”

Fox News reporter Bill Melugin added some sorely missing context to Biden's “highly scrutinized” visit that KJP didn't bother to consider.

“The president had a very controlled visit to El Paso after the streets were cleared of migrants, he went to a migrant center that somehow didn't have a single migrant and visited a port of entry instead of the river. where the illegal crossings happen,” he tweeted.

“He didn't even visit a Border Patrol station and didn't make any public comments or ask any questions,” the reporter added.

The president had a closely guarded visit to El Paso after the streets were cleared of migrants, went to a migrant center that somehow didn't have a single migrant, and visited a port of entry in place on the river where illegal crossings occur. He… https://t.co/xzhxQp5GuD

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 22, 2024

Here's a quick sampling of responses to X's story:

This is how we do things for communist dictators, clean up the trash and make everything look perfect for the cameras

Just like Gavin did for Xi

— Semenproducingindividual (@Semenproducer) January 22, 2024

He did not visit the actual border. He visited a fake border for a later operation to say he visited the border. It was more like a kiss visit instead of looking at what you created the visit. Also, nothing happened after that visit, so it was a waste of time. So no, this visit does not…

— carl peachey (@carlpeachey8) January 22, 2024

Baghdad Bob was more sincere than this woman.

— Cornpop was a bad guy (@frankie_Fword) January 22, 2024

instead, he will be on vacation

— The White Rabbit (@WR_Samurai) January 22, 2024

Border crossings can be controlled; Biden simply won't do anything because it would interfere with his plans. pic.twitter.com/tw3Br2pdTe

— JScorp (@jenwtexas) January 22, 2024

I guess that's a “NO”.

— Marla Hohner (@marlahohner) January 22, 2024

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