WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) participated in a press conference with a group of his Senate Republican colleagues to discuss the national security implications of President Biden’s failure to secure the border and Senate Democrats bringing the border bill to the floor for a vote three months after it previously failed in a blatant attempt to fool the American people into thinking Democrats care about border security heading into election season. Excerpts are below, and video of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks can be found here.

“The American people are smart, they understand hypocrisy when they see it.”

“We don’t really know how many people have come across the border, but best estimates are, maybe, nine million, ten million people.”

“We know there are 108,000 people who died of drug overdoses last year, 71,000 died from fentanyl, and now, the Democrats are claiming that they care.”

“Last January, there were some published reports of people connected with ISIS – the successor terrorist organization to Al-Qaeda – operating out of the Middle East, facilitating the travel of migrants to the southern border.”

“Frankly, I don’t think it’s a question anymore, ‘Will there be a terrorist attack in the United States?’ It’s a question of when that terrorist attack occurs.”

“This is just another aspect of what has turned out to be a horrific policy by the Biden administration, but now they want to claim that they’re the party of border security after three and a half years. Give me a break.”