Why hasn't Kamala been to the border?

You have morons like my rep going down there for a PR stunt. Enjoy.

Bless your heart.







Fucking bitch

Why does she need to go to Europe right now? And isn’t it better that she go the heart/root/start of the migration problem and learn/see what is actually going on there and work up some really policy changes.

But nah let’s have her Just look at the border where she really can’t do much.

Why?

IMHO, working to solve the reasons why Central Americans are risking their lives to get to the US border makes way better use of her time than going to the border AGAIN. Because she has been there already, just not since January. 

Frankly I don’t care if the VP visits the border or not, but you do realize this photo is from 2011 when she was CA AG, right?  I wonder if the individual that posted this on Twitter realizes as much 

This thread is why America CONSISTENTLY takes one step forward and .75 to 1.5 steps back.

When asked why she hasn’t visited the border, she said she hasn’t been to Europe either. I think that is what the OP is referring to.

Democrat Representative Henry Cuellar asked Vice President Harris to come to the border.
“I write to invite you to the U.S. Southern Border to observe the ongoing humanitarian crisis and share the perspective of Americans who live there. I encourage you to join me and other Members of Congress, while we visit with the people on the ground who deal with these issues every day.”

He mentions “rapid rise in the number of migrants arriving at our Southern Border has placed severe burdens on our communities.”

“The situation on the border will only worsen, as more migrants are expected to arrive. The Administration needs to take a proactive approach to create a sustainable system of humanitarian aid and relieve everyday Americans of that responsibility.”

“We don’t just go visit the border, we live at the border. We talk to the NGOs there, we talk to the mayors, the county judges, to the border patrol, to the men and women in blue, green, and other folks, ICE agents also. We understand this very well.”

“I still will encourage them to do more, to reach out to the folks on the border communities and keep talking to them, to make sure that they get a balanced view of what’s happening there at the border itself.”

She and others know she should be making the effort to be there and see first hand what is happening there and hear from the people living it. That's why she tried to brush it off with the statement that she has been to the border. And when called on the fact that she hasn't been as vp in charge of the border crisis, she laughed it off and played dumb. And why someone is using a 10 year old picture to say she has been. 

I have a random question: is it normal to refer to Kamala Harris as 'Kamala', the way the OP has done? Australians and South Africans are quite casual about referring to politicians by their first names or even nicknames e.g. our current PM (Scott Morrisson) is known as Scomo (or Scotty from Marketing 😁) and the leader of the the official opposition (Anthony Albanese) is known as Albo. TV hosts will even call former PMs by their first names during televised interviews or panel shows. But on American TV or internet boards, etc, I usually see American politicians referred to by their surnames, e.g. Trump, Biden, Obama, Cruz. I understand referring to HRC by her first name to distinguish her from Bill Clinton, and of course George W Bush was called Dubya on message boards to distinguish him from his father. But why call Kamala Harris Kamala rather than Harris? Is this a normal thing, or an OP thing?

I don't see what the importance of our VP physically going to the border is suppose to do? Obviously she has been there before and I agree that a photo op isn't going to do anything to help the situation. If photo ops helped the Republican's would have already solved the border problem.

I agree with her that we should look at the reasons end people are fleeing their countries in the first place.

I also think that understanding the current crisis at the border is important. I don’t thinks it is necessary to actually be there to see it if there are accurate reports of what is going on. But seeing what a mess trump made first hand could be helpful.

I’m (somewhat) surprised that the R’s would want to make an issue of this given the fact that their guy is the one who caused what Is going on now. But, typical for them, they are able to deflect, gaslight and lie and their followers latch on to it.

Exactly.

It’s not like she or anymore else in the current administration are denying that there is an issue.

Agreed. We do the argument no favors when we post irrelevant information. 

Wow. That's pretty harsh for a question that's being asked daily by mainstream reporters.