Remember when Trump's border wall proposals and subsequent construction were called racist, xenophobic, hateful and an affront to human rights?
One of the hottest "Trump wall" lefty media headlines from the time the 45th president was in office was this doozy:
As for Biden, "bridges, not walls" was the talking point of the day just ahead of the 2020 election:
We must seek not to build walls, but bridges.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 8, 2020
We must seek not to clench our fists, but to open our arms.
We must seek not to tear each other apart, but to come together.
"Not one more foot of wall will be built...":
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Quite the reversal from, "...not one more foot of wall will be built under my administration.." pic.twitter.com/6TBwxyN3kW
— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) October 5, 2023
Here's Karine Jean Pierre just a couple of years ago:
In October 2021, Karine Jean-Pierre said a border wall "doesn't work" and "is not an effective policy."
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 5, 2023
Yesterday, the Biden admin declared an "immediate need" for a border wall in south Texas.pic.twitter.com/71gxxnSx6I
One year and some lousy internal polling on the issue of border security later, and the backpedal begins.
Big pivot alert!
Biden administration reverses course, clears way for new border wall by waiving environmental laws https://t.co/o0UfB42mZp pic.twitter.com/AfkRkE5LFt
— New York Post (@nypost) October 5, 2023
The Biden administration announces that it waived 26 federal laws in south Texas to permit more construction for the border wall after pressure from top Democratic officials to address the influx of migrants in the past year. https://t.co/rNyQ0O4oFb
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 5, 2023
BREAKING: The Biden administration says there is an “immediate need” to wave regulations and build a border wall as the migrant crisis spirals out of control.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 5, 2023
Remarkable. 4 years ago this was “racist.” Now they’re advocating for it.
"There is presently an acute and immediate… pic.twitter.com/OREJNUkWcl
Just in time for the election, the Biden administration, having allowed millions and millions of people into the country illegally, will somewhat tighten up security at the border and then brag about it ahead of the election. Most of the media will of course play along. Unreal.
Her new talking point until the election. “The President is building a wall.”
— JAG🇺🇸🏀 (@Juls24Julie) October 5, 2023
It’s election time https://t.co/uxIdGBlaQQ
— JJ Justus (@PDTweetsTruth) October 5, 2023
— Charles R. Smith🔹 (@softwarnet) October 5, 2023
That's how it works.
Yes, the hypocrisy and incompetence here is mind blowing but, the part that I'm really struggling with is "Biden administration waives 26 federal laws."
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) October 5, 2023
How exactly does that work? pic.twitter.com/RMdiNQjlIO
Maybe the same people who don't hesitate to try and go around the Constitution also feel comfortable just suspending federal laws.
Here's a bonus shot and chaser: After this administration sold off border wall materials it looks like taxpayers will be on the hook for buying much of it again now that the White House has decided to build a wall after all:
Life comes at you fast. Taxpayer dollars completely wasted by the Biden administration, only to be spent again 6 weeks later. Shame. #BorderWall #BidenBorderCrisis #BidenBorderInvasion #Bidenomics pic.twitter.com/UviMpDKnx2
— Pam D (@soirchick) October 5, 2023
The deviousness combined with incompetence from this administration has been disastrous.