House Speaker Mike Johnson sparred with CNN anchor Jake Tapper during a Wednesday afternoon segment addressing the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border and record-breaking number of illegal immigrants flowing across it on a daily basis.
Johnson began by rattling off a series of numbers — the number of people who have come across the border, the number of “known gotaways,” and the number who may have crossed the border without being apprehended. It wasn’t until he got to reports of terrorists crossing the border that Tapper pushed back.
WATCH:
SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON: Over 300 known terrorists apprehended at the border
JAKE TAPPER: There aren’t hundreds of known terrorists getting into the country pic.twitter.com/OupsyawGAX
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 3, 2024
“Jake, seven million people have come into the country since Biden walked into the Oval Office,” Johnson said…
