There is something about the border crisis that has caused New York Times columnist David Brooks to remember that he is supposed to be the conservative half of PBS NewsHour’s Friday Brooks and Capehart weekly recap segment. After previously batting down the idea that President Biden needs to move left on the issue, he rebutted the idea that Biden is doing his best to solve the problem but is hampered by Donald Trump and obstructionist Republicans.
Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart was naturally a proponent of the idea that Biden wants to solve the problem while Donald Trump wants the border to be a mess because that benefits him politically. It was also an idea that resonated with host Geoff Bennett, “And part of what Jonathan just described was on full display at the border yesterday. President Biden invited President Trump to call on…
