'Who else would we blame it on?' Trump blasted for saying ‘blame it on me’ if border security bill fails

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: At a campaign rally in Nevada, the former President of the United States, Donald Trump, expressed his willingness to take responsibility for the failure of the bipartisan border bill currently being negotiated in the Senate.

During his address to an enthusiastic crowd of supporters in Las Vegas, Trump, the front-runner for presidential nomination from the Republican Party, appeared to embrace the potential blame he may face if he manages to persuade GOP lawmakers to oppose the bill, according to a report from The Hill.

In his speech on Saturday, January 27, Donald Trump stated, "As the leader of our party, there is zero chance I will support this horrible open borders betrayal of America."

He went on to say, "I’ll fight it all the way. A lot of the senators are trying to say, respectfully, they’re blaming it on me. I say, that’s okay. Please blame it on me. Please."

The former President's remarks suggest that he is willing to take a strong stance against the bipartisan border bill and is not afraid of being held accountable for its failure.

It remains to be seen how Trump's position will influence Republican lawmakers in the Senate and whether or not the bill will ultimately pass.

Border issue takes center stage in lead-up to the November elections

Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) have criticized President Joe Biden's recent remarks that he would shut down the US-Mexico border when it "becomes overwhelmed" if Congress passes a bipartisan border legislation.

Biden said in a statement on Friday, “Let’s be clear. What’s been negotiated would — if passed into law — be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in our country. It would give me, as President, a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. And if given that authority, I would use it the day I sign the bill into law.”

In response to Biden's statement, Trump has expressed his disapproval of the proposed border bill, calling it a "catastrophe waiting to happen" on his beleaguered social media platform, Truth Social.

President Joe Biden's proposed bipartisan border security bill, being negotiated in the Senate, might not survive in the House of Representatives even if it passes through the upper chamber.

House Republicans have 221 seats and Democrats have 213 after the GOP took control of the House with a slim majority in the 2022 midterm elections.

Trump, however, believes that if Biden wanted to “secure” the border, passing the bipartisan legislation is unnecessary since he secured the border during his presidency without a bill.

“I did it without a bill,” Trump said during his Las Vegas event on Saturday. 

House Speaker Johnson has also criticized Biden's response to the border crisis, urging him to take immediate executive action to reduce the number of total encounters at the border, which exceeded 300,000 in December 2021, according to the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Johnson said, “As I explained to him (Biden) in a letter late last year, and have specifically reiterated to him on multiple occasions since, he can and must take executive action immediately to reverse the catastrophe he has created.”

Johnson has expressed his doubts about the bill's survival in the House, stating in a letter to his colleagues on Friday that the legislation would be "dead" if the reported terms about it remain as is.

Trump's stance on the matter during the recent Nevada rally was similar to his messaging on Truth Social, where he condemned the bill and criticized the President's handling of the border crisis.

Overall, the proposed bipartisan border security bill, negotiated in the Senate, has been met with skepticism from Trump and Johnson, who believe that Biden could take executive action to address the crisis, rather than relying on legislation that may not survive the House.

Internet blasts Donald Trump for trying to sabotage President Biden's border security bill

People on X lambasted the former President for willingly discarding a bipartisan solution to the border issue that Republicans have been complaining about for years now.

One X user remarked, "Who else would we blame it on? Of course."

Another user wrote, "The text of the bill isn’t in the hands of Congress yet."

Another user said, "He doesn't work for the taxpayers...blame the House Republicans."

One user asked, "Why wouldn't we. Blame falls on him and the GOP."

Another X user remarked, "This is where democracy ends. You have a bill trying to become a law, fails due to this. So when a new president comes in, he creates his own EX-order to become the law. If that happens, why do you need a congress anymore?"

One user tweeted, "#TrumpBorderCrisis call it what it is."

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