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A superPAC supporting former President Donald Trump has released a new advertisement attributing the caught-on-camera assault of two New York Police Department officers last month by a group of migrants to President Joe Biden and his lax policies on border security and illegal immigration.
In the campaign ad titled “Joe Biden’s Middle Finger,” the Make America Great Again, Inc. PAC underscored Biden’s promise to overturn Trump’s stringent immigration measures and held him responsible for the border crisis.
“Joe Biden’s open border policies are a middle finger to every law-abiding American. He has the power to stop the invasion, and yet he is doing nothing,” spokesman Alex Pfeiffer told the New York Post.
The outlet added:
Four of the migrants filmed pummeling the officers were later released on no bail before skipping town. Another migrant accused in the assault greeted media covering his arraignment by flipping double birds upon his release.
MAGA Inc. also spotlighted Biden’s decision to scrap Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, which required asylum seekers to stay south of the border while their claims played out in court.
POWERFUL new pro-Trump ad absolutely destroys Joe Biden and Democrats over open borders policies. Incorporates recent footage of illegals beating NYPD cops, with one flipping Americans the bird after DA Bragg released him.
If you still vote for Biden after this, you deserve what… pic.twitter.com/kPrwZj4ddq
— USA Features Media (@UsaFeatures) February 8, 2024
Meanwhile, Biden has shifted blame to his predecessor for derailing efforts to tackle the border crisis by opposing the $118 billion national security supplemental package unveiled on Sunday.
The White House has alleged that Trump is mobilizing Republican opposition to the measure in order to maintain the border crisis as a prominent issue leading up to the November 5 election.
“‘Will House Republicans say ‘yes’ to more law enforcement like Border Patrol, whose union supports this bipartisan deal, or will they instead say ‘yes’ to more fentanyl & to Donald Trump’s insistence that border security be delayed?’” White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates wrote in a recent memo.
Earlier this week, Trump called out his likely 2024 opponent for an immediate debate, saying that it is “for the good of the country” as the former president seems to be a lock for the GOP nomination.
During an interview with Dan Bongino for his radio show, the former president said that he did not think Biden would remain in the race but nevertheless called on him to debate “immediately” while repeating a previous offer to grant a post-Super Bowl interview after the White House said the president would miss it for the second year in a row.
“And I don’t think he’s going to run. I don’t know if it’s donors or otherwise. It might be his family. It might be something,” Trump said. “I don’t think he’s gonna run, but I’d like to call for, immediately, debates. I’d like to debate him now because we should debate. We should debate for the good of the country. So I will officially go on your show call.”
“Oh, wow! Look at that! We’re breaking news: Mr. President Donald J. Trump calls for debates against Joe Biden. I mean, that’s great. We’re breaking some news here!” Bongino said in response.
“I am officially doing that. I also put out, you probably noticed, that I’ll take his spot at the Super Bowl if they want. We’ll get very good ratings,” Trump added.
In Nevada, where he was campaigning, Biden was asked about debating Trump, which he simply laughed off without a commitment.
Democrats and left-wing activists on social media celebrated what they claimed was a ‘blow-out’ victory by Biden during this week’s Democratic primary in South Carolina, the first in the nation, but there is more to the story, according to a report on Sunday.
While it’s true that Biden won with roughly 96 percent of the vote, WMBF reported that voter turnout across the state was anemic at less than 5 percent.
“In total, South Carolina saw 131,870 ballots cast for the 2024 primary out of just over 3.2 million registered voters – which accounts for just 4.09 percent,” the outlet noted. “Just three counties, Orangeburg, Lee, and Williamsburg, each saw turnout rates higher than 10%.”
That’s hardly a resounding vote of confidence.
