Remember a week ago when the Biden administration said there was no crisis?
It turns out there is a crisis and some of Biden's own people are admitting things got worse after President Grandpa took office.
But don't worry: his Tweets are not mean. That's the most important thing, right?
Ambassador Roberta Jacobson, National Security Council Coordinator for the U.S. Southern Border, appeared to admit during Wednesday’s White House press conference that the Biden administration’s policies have caused the crisis that is occurring on the southern border.
Jacobson, while speaking Spanish in an effort to communicate with those who might be attempting to come to the U.S., said that the border was “not closed,” remarks that she took several minutes to correct. While speaking in English, Jacobson did clearly state that the border was “not open” and stated that people should not “make the dangerous trip to try and enter the U.S. in an irregular fashion.”
“Do you think it’s a coincidence that as soon as Trump and his immigration policy were on the way out and Biden and his stated policy were on the way in, this historic surge at the border started?” Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked.
“Well, first of all, one of the things I think is important is we’ve seen surges before. Surges tend to respond to hope, and there was a significant hope for a more humane policy after four years of pent up demand,” Jacobson responded. “So I don’t know whether I would call that a coincidence, but I certainly think that the idea that a more humane policy would be in place may have driven people to make that decision. But perhaps more importantly, it definitely drove smugglers to express disinformation, to spread disinformation about what was now possible. We know that.”
Later, when pressed by CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins about whether the administration would finally call what is happening on the southern border a “crisis,” Jacobson responded by saying that it doesn’t matter what the administration calls it.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 10: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event with the CEOs of Johnson & Johnson and Merck at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building March 10, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden announced that the government will purchase 100 million more doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)