On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s” Katy Tur Reports”, Sen. Joe Manchin ( D- WV ) responded to a question on if he’s waiting for President Joe Biden to move to the center to get an endorsement by stating that Biden needs to move to the center and people want him to acknowledge,” we made a mistake at the border, a big mistake at the border, but he’s willing to fix it”. Manchin added that Biden ought to have stopped the border’s influx earlier and that he is “pleading him now, if this ca n’t be fixed in Congress, to basically declare a national emergency because the border is of a national concern and a national emergency.”
Guest Katy Tur asked,” But, are you waiting for him to proceed, is that what you’re holding your confirmation for”?
Manchin answered,” I think he needs to proceed. I actually do. I think the people want ]him ] to say, we made a mistake at the border, a big mistake at the border, but he’s willing to fix it”.
After Manchin praised the Senate emigration costs, Tur asked,” ]W] bird you’re asking about immigration, what more do you like Joe Biden to do”?
Manchin responded,” Well, first of all, if you want to blame Joe Biden, it’s his wrong for what happened, but he did it ]in ] a friendly way, basically compassionate towards what was happening after a crisis. He tried, and he saw we were getting populated, we should include shut it down. So, now he comes to an agreement…a border security bill, that would work, and Donald Trump moves in and says, oh, I’m sorry, I ca n’t do that, because it’s not good for my campaign or my politics, let’s wait. That’s as bad, if not worse, than making a mistake]in ] the beginning. But, with that, I said, cool, come fix it. I’m begging him now, if this ca n’t be fixed in Congress, to basically do and declare a national emergency, because the border is of a national concern and a national emergency”.
After in the meeting, Manchin stated that he’s “never sat on the outside. But, we’ll have to just wait and see how it goes”.
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