McCarthy Defends GOP Progress on Border While White House Chides ‘Partisan Publicity Stunts’ – By Kaia Hubbard (US News) / Feb 16, 2023
McCarthy and the GOP have rallied behind border security for months, but the House speaker is the latest to find that the issue has no clear answers.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy led a congressional delegation to the southern border this week, marking his first visit since he espoused a vision of border security as a candidate for speaker from another border town just months ago.
But much has shifted from walking the campaign trail to wielding the gavel.
“The new majority in Congress, we’re going to fight to fix this problem,” McCarthy said from a ranch near Tucson, Arizona, on Thursday, promising to hold hearings from the border. “No longer will the Democrats be able to ignore the issue and act like it’s not happening.”
