Nikki Haley tears into Biden for going to the Congressional baseball game but refusing to take questions on Afghanistan or Texas border crisis
- Former U.N. Amb. Nikki Haley slammed President Joe Biden for attending Wednesday night’s Congressional Baseball Game
- She argued Biden should be taking questions on Afghanistan or visiting the border instead
- Biden made a surprise trip to the game to glad-hand lawmakers as members of his own party look poised to strike out his domestic agenda
Former U.N. Amb. Nikki Haley slammed President Joe Biden for attending Wednesday night’s Congressional Baseball Game.
‘The fact that Joe Biden has time to go to the Congressional baseball game but not time to take questions on Afghanistan or see the humanitarian crisis at the border is a disgrace,’ the ex-Trump official tweeted Wednesday night.
Biden made a surprise trip to the game to glad-hand lawmakers as members of his own party look poised to strike out his domestic agenda.
Former U.N. Amb. Nikki Haley lammed President Joe Biden for attending Wednesday night’s Congressional Baseball Game
‘The fact that Joe Biden has time to go to the Congressional baseball game but not time to take questions on Afghanistan or see the humanitarian crisis at the border is a disgrace,’ Haley said
President Joe Biden attended the game amid a pressure campaign to get Congress to pass his infrastructure bill, $3.5 trillion budget bill, as well as raise the debt ceiling and avert a government shutdown
Moderate Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are still endangering his $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, while progressives could tank a House vote on the bipartisan infrastructure package Thursday.
That’s on top of Congress needing to pass a stop-gap funding bill by midnight Thursday – or else the federal government would shut down.
And lawmakers must lift the debt ceiling – to avoid the U.S. government going into default.
Biden briefly showed up to the game – and was seen on the phone for part of it.
In the Democratic dugout, he huddled with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Later, he walked across the field to greet Republican team members.
Biden was booed by the Republican side of the stands when he walked in.
Haley – as well as members of the White House press corps – has put public pressure on Biden to answer questions about the administration’s disastrous pull-out from Afghanistan.
Top military officials testified about the Afghanistan withdrawal this week.
Reporters and the former South Carolina governor have also asked why Biden won’t go see the chaotic scene at the U.S.-Mexico border.
White Hosue press secretary Jen Psaki has suggested a border trip isn’t necesary.
‘For all of those Republicans who are standing at the border and giving speeches about how broken the system is, why don’t you join us and be a part of the solution instead of relying on speeches,’ Psaki said during Monday’s briefing, insinuating that border trips have been nothing but photo-ops.
Vice President Kamala Harris, who is in charge of addressing the root causes of migration, visited the border in June – after former President Donald Trump announced he would take a tirp.
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