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You just got to figure out at some point that the enormous surge at the border is coming at a time when you can draw a straight line to connect it between, to connect the Biden administration with what's going on down there.

And now the numbers are becoming the problem. Right now we're seeing the data is irrefutable and that's the big challenge that they have.

That's the issue that they have to deal with here and the Democrats are in a little bit of a panic. They like this long term. They don't want the short term ramifications. They don't want to have to deal with what it means for the American people to see that the border is effectively open already that the border is out of control, which is what's happening right now. And when you understand that this is because of Democrats, you can see how that may be a problem for them.

In the midterms, assuming they can't get amusey done by them, which they may very well do.

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How do they stop the border crisis? Start start with that question. What would it require for this to end? How would they make this go away?

Now, that's a question that is going to be tough to answer because it's not even clear the Democrats even believe that this is a border crisis.

It's not clear the Democrats are willing to say it at least. Right. So how can you get to the fixing of the problem when you will not be honest about.

Fixing the problem that you're not sure even exists. Right. If you say, well, it's no big deal. We're handling it.

Then you know that you can probably get away with the resources you've got in place, right? But they say it's not a crisis and yet they're calling for additional volunteers.

They're sending down FEMA. They're doing all of these things that indicate the situation is out of control.

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