Fox News: Harris stumbles on the border when pressed on illegal immigration: 'Is a border wall stupid?'

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Harris stumbles on the border when pressed on illegal immigration: 'Is a border wall stupid?'

Vice President Harris was pressed about her border policies during a CNN town hall Wednesday evening, stumbling through an answer regarding whether she supports a border wall.......                    ...                        ...You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login stumbled through the Biden-Harris administration's border and immigration policies when pressed about the border crisis during a CNN town hall moderated by Anderson Cooper. ......"Let's talk about this compromise bill that you want to pass if you are elected. You said that's going to be a priority. It includes $650 million in funding for the border wall. That's something Republicans wanted that was part of the compromise. Under Donald Trump, you criticized the wall more than 50 times. You called it 'stupid, useless, and a medieval vanity project.' Is a border wall stupid?," Cooper asked Harris Wednesday. ......"Let's You are not allowed to view links. Register or Loginon that border wall," Harris said while laughing. "So remember, Donald Trump said Mexico would pay for it. Come on, they didn't. How much of that wall did he build? I think the last number I saw was about 2%. And then when it came time for him to do a photo op, you know, where he did it? In the part of the wall that President Obama built."......"But you agreed to a bill that would earmark $650 million to continue building that," Cooper pressed. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"I pledge that I am going to bring forward that bipartisan bill to further strengthen and secure our border. Yes, I am, and I'm going to work across the aisle to pass a comprehensive bill that deals with a broken immigration system," Harris responded. ......"We need a president who is grounded in common sense and practical outcomes, like, let's just fix this thing. Let's just fix it. Why is there any ideological perspective on this? Let's just fix the problem," she continued.  ......"So you don't think it's stupid anymore?" Cooper continued. ......"I think what he did and how he did it was, did not make much sense because he actually didn't do much of anything. I just talked about that wall, right? We just talked about it. He didn't actually do much of anything," she responded. ......Vice President Kamala Harris joined CNN for a town hall event Wednesday evening, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. The town hall event kicked off at 9 pm on Wednesday from Chester Township, which is located less than 20 miles outside of Philadelphia. ......Cooper asked Harris earlier in the town hall to explain why just weeks before the first presidential debate with President Biden was still in the race this summer, the administration instituted executive actions that curbed illegal border crossings and had not issued such orders sooner. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"You're exactly right, Anderson. And as of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half. In fact, the numbers I saw most recently, illegal immigration," Harris told Cooper. ......"If it was that easy without executive action, why not do it in 2022, 2023?" Cooper pressed. ......"Because we were working with Congress and hoping that actually we could have a long term fix to the problem instead of a short-term fix," Harris responded. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"You couldn't have done one and both at the same time," Cooper noted. ......Cooper went on to ask Harris if she wished she had "done those executive orders in 2022, 2023," sparking Harris to say she believes the administration "did the right thing." ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"I think we did the right thing. And but the best thing that can happen for the American people, is that we have bipartisan work happening. And I pledge to you, that You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to fix this longstanding problem. I think the American people are demanding it, on both sides of the aisle," she responded. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login...

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