Benjamin Wittes

Just notice the sort of demagogic rhetoric that that the White House has been using having to do with Kilmar Garcia, that the fact that anybody questioning whether they followed the law or In in in in deporting him and giving him due process, which I promise you they did not. By my count, you'll hear this in the interview with Ben Wittes.

I think he's violated the first, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, the eighth and the Ninth Amendment. OK. And on Garcia alone, I think they have violated the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth amendments. OK. All of them. The First Amendment has been violated in other ways, including with with their dealings with the Associated Press. I don't.

I think he's violated the first, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, the eighth and the Ninth Amendment. OK. And on Garcia alone, I think they have violated the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth amendments. OK. All of them. The First Amendment has been violated in other ways, including with with their dealings with the Associated Press. I don't.

I think he's violated the first, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, the eighth and the Ninth Amendment. OK. And on Garcia alone, I think they have violated the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth amendments. OK. All of them. The First Amendment has been violated in other ways, including with with their dealings with the Associated Press. I don't.

I don't see any evidence yet that they have violated the second or the third. And we can have a debate about whether they violated the 10th yet. But again, we're not even at day 100. So give them time. There's always a chance. But the cynical view of this administration is that they believe.

I don't see any evidence yet that they have violated the second or the third. And we can have a debate about whether they violated the 10th yet. But again, we're not even at day 100. So give them time. There's always a chance. But the cynical view of this administration is that they believe.

I don't see any evidence yet that they have violated the second or the third. And we can have a debate about whether they violated the 10th yet. But again, we're not even at day 100. So give them time. There's always a chance. But the cynical view of this administration is that they believe.

If they have the Democrats all sort of standing up for Garcia because of the lack of due process, that instead they can say, hey, look, Democrats are willing to fight harder for non-citizens than they are for you. They weren't fighting for you when they were letting these folks in.

If they have the Democrats all sort of standing up for Garcia because of the lack of due process, that instead they can say, hey, look, Democrats are willing to fight harder for non-citizens than they are for you. They weren't fighting for you when they were letting these folks in.

If they have the Democrats all sort of standing up for Garcia because of the lack of due process, that instead they can say, hey, look, Democrats are willing to fight harder for non-citizens than they are for you. They weren't fighting for you when they were letting these folks in.

And so it's a mindset where they believe the ends justifies the means as long as they have shut the border down and they have used some very aggressive means to shut the border down. But frankly, there there means that the Biden administration only started using in the last six months of that administration. The fact is.

And so it's a mindset where they believe the ends justifies the means as long as they have shut the border down and they have used some very aggressive means to shut the border down. But frankly, there there means that the Biden administration only started using in the last six months of that administration. The fact is.

And so it's a mindset where they believe the ends justifies the means as long as they have shut the border down and they have used some very aggressive means to shut the border down. But frankly, there there means that the Biden administration only started using in the last six months of that administration. The fact is.

the Biden administration's in the first two years refused to let DHS do its job. Secretary Mayorkas, when he was deputy with Jay Johnson in the second Obama administration, they knew how to control the border. And he was trying to implement the exact same policies that they did the first time. And the fact of the matter is that the first White House would not do it.

the Biden administration's in the first two years refused to let DHS do its job. Secretary Mayorkas, when he was deputy with Jay Johnson in the second Obama administration, they knew how to control the border. And he was trying to implement the exact same policies that they did the first time. And the fact of the matter is that the first White House would not do it.

the Biden administration's in the first two years refused to let DHS do its job. Secretary Mayorkas, when he was deputy with Jay Johnson in the second Obama administration, they knew how to control the border. And he was trying to implement the exact same policies that they did the first time. And the fact of the matter is that the first White House would not do it.

There was absolutely an ideological brick wall that Mayorkas ran into during the Ron Klain era of of the White House. And then when that went from Klain to Zients, the thing that changed the most, if you actually look at. border policy, that was the biggest dramatic change.

There was absolutely an ideological brick wall that Mayorkas ran into during the Ron Klain era of of the White House. And then when that went from Klain to Zients, the thing that changed the most, if you actually look at. border policy, that was the biggest dramatic change.

There was absolutely an ideological brick wall that Mayorkas ran into during the Ron Klain era of of the White House. And then when that went from Klain to Zients, the thing that changed the most, if you actually look at. border policy, that was the biggest dramatic change.

So I don't want to sit here and say that the Democrats didn't help create the mess at the border and certainly didn't do enough that could be done. Donald Trump left them a legal quagmire when he left office during the COVID era at the border. But it's not as if the Biden administration managed it very well in the first two years. They did get their arms around it eventually.