For Joe Biden, It’s Consequences Be Damned on Title 42
In heated Senate battles in states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Ohio, Democratic candidates have mostly come down in opposition to ending Title 42, making clear just how out of step other Democratic leaders feel Biden’s policy is even with Democratic primary voters.
Over in the House, vulnerable Democrats are also asking the administration to do something about the border. Texas Reps Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez, for instance, have expressed concerns about the administration’s insistence on moving forward with the termination of Title 42. Cuellar likely spoke for many vulnerable Democrats when he said, “Some of the actions by the administration are not helping Democrats…when it comes to immigration policies. Who’s listening to the border communities?” Apparently, not Joe Biden.
Even without individual members and candidates of the President’s own party sounding alarm bells, the precipitous drop in approval rating among key demographics should cause the administration to rethink its approach heading into already difficult midterm elections. A recent poll by Quinnipiac University showed that only 26% of Hispanic Americans – many of whom still live in border states – approve of Biden. That’s an almost 30% drop from the same poll a year prior. A recent Fox poll also showed that a majority of Americans want to keep Title 42 in place. Most astonishingly, about 50% of Democrats want to keep Title 42 in place. With the majority of the country united behind one policy, even in a controversial issue like the border, one has to wonder who exactly Biden is listening to.
Friday’s ruling by District Judge Robert Summerhays offered an opportunity for the administration to accept a victory disguised as a defeat. However, Biden has once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, refusing to correct course even when all available evidence and incentive exists to do so.
To rip the country apart without being too obvious about it for most IS the plan.