During CNN’s GOP presidential forum wrap-up show, anchor Abby Phillip berated U.S. Rep. Chip Roy on negotiating border security with the White House, even as the southern border implodes and is overrun with 300,000 migrants per day.
Watch as Phillip practically demands that the House acquiesce to whatever the White House can negotiate with the Senate, raising the specter of a government shutdown. Below is the full exchange in its entirety, as aired on CNN’s post-town hall on Thursday, January 4th, 2024 (click “expand” to view transcript):
ABBY PHILLIP: I want to turn quickly to border talks. You were not among the Republicans who visited the southern border this week, and you’re calling for your colleagues to instead act with urgency, and shut the government down over the border. How would shutting the government down make the border…
