Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said President Biden’s anticipated border proposal this week could end up hurting him with Democrats.
Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday that would give the administration additional authority to limit the number of migrants crossing the southern border. Cramer suggested Monday that Biden is only taking action on the border because it’s an issue voters care about.
“And then suddenly, in the last five months before an election, he decides he has the power to do something about this now. He’s irredeemable on this issue and, frankly, I think he’s going to anger his base far more than it will do him any good,” Cramer said Monday on “The Hill on NewsNation.”
Cramer said Biden “sees that he’s in a lot of trouble and that the American people’s number one concern is the border crisis.” He also said the executive order “is an admission that he could have done something about it all along.”
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The White House pressed Senate Democrats to support its border security bill last month after Republicans first blocked the measure earlier this year. But the Senate voted against the bill last month, marking the second time in months that the bill failed to pass the upper chamber.
Republicans torpedoed the effort earlier this year to pass a national security bill that would have provided border provisions. Democrats and the White House criticized GOP lawmakers for not voting in favor of the measure earlier this year after former President Trump voiced his opposition to it.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that Biden’s expected executive order was “too late.”
The Hill has reached out to the Biden campaign and the White House for comment.
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