(Crankers) Americans on social media are demanding the ‘abject failure’ known as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas be held accountable for a growing number of reasons. Most Americans who voted for Donald Trump and speak out on social media have blamed Mayorkas for the epic failures at the southern border along Mexico.
A press release dating back to April of 2023, and posted on Homeland.House.GOV, once referred to Mayorkas as an “abject failure at the border” and listed a number of issues that GOP members had with him. Tensions have been growing with all the failures at the border and the fact that Mayorkas has been rather ineffective for so many years, but it seems like he’s never held accountable for his actions, or lack of actions, that have lead to the border problems plaguing the country.
Some notes from the infamous press release in 2023 helped identify Mayorkas and his lack of honesty. The tensions have been growing ever since – and even before that. Here’s a portion of the press release:
In this budget request, the Biden administration is saying the quiet part out loud by requesting funding for ‘border management’ instead of ‘border security,’ signaling it has no intention of actually securing our borders. Today, this Committee received confirmation that President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas want a blank check from Congress to continue funding their self-made national security crisis at our borders at the expense of the American people’s safety and taxpayer dollars. This border crisis sits squarely on Secretary Mayorkas’ shoulders, as he has failed to fulfill his duties as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
In his opening line of questioning, Chairman Green detailed how Secretary Mayorkas has either misled Congress or illustrated his incompetence:
“[Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX)] asked you under oath…If you had operational control according to that definition, and you said, ‘I do.’ That is a false statement because you admitted in the Senate that no one has ever achieved that…not only have you lied under oath, you just admitted your own incompetence. It’s really quite unacceptable. You knew very well the definition wasn’t being fulfilled.”
Following Chairman Green’s remarks and in response to Ranking Member Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Secretary Mayorkas attempted to explain away his possible lack of honesty regarding the operational control of the Southwest border by choosing a more favorable definition:
“I use a lens of reasonableness in defining operational control. Are we maximizing the resources we have to deliver the most affective results? And under that definition, we are doing so very much to gain operational control.”
If you’ve made it this far into the story, then please enjoy this embedded video of Alejandro Mayorkas from Nacho Video: