Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left Podcast in which we take a look at how the entire political system has lurched to the right on immigration as Democrats adopt the talking points of the Republicans and the Magda Republicans put Trump's election chances over the policies they claim to support.

Sources today include the readout, the majority report, the damage report,

today explained the Brian Larer show, all in with Chris Hayes,

and deconstructed with additional members only clips from Amicus and deconstructed. We begin tonight with an emergency, a crisis, a catastrophe. At least that's what

Republican lawmakers have spent the last few months calling the situation at the southern border.

One thing is absolutely clear.

America is at a breaking point with record levels of illegal immigration.

It is an unmitigated disaster, a catastrophe.

And what's more tragic is that it's a disaster of the president's own design.

The border crisis, which is the top issue across the country. The numbers do not lie. Our country is being

invaded right now right in front of our very eyes because of Joe Biden's catastrophic border

policies.

We cannot allow this border crisis to continue.

We cannot allow fentanyl to flood across our border,

our criminals to waltz in undeterred.

This is very clearly an invasion.

It is a purposeful one and it's inflicting dangerous consequences

our country and the people of Texas.

Wow, well given such alarmist rhetoric,

you'd think that these lawmakers would want to act immediately

to get this catastrophe under control, right?

Well, as of yesterday, they actually had the chance to do that.

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