Biden's new move is playing offense on border politics. But will voters be swayed?

President Biden delivered remarks at the White House before the Senate killed the bipartisan bill that would provide funding for border security, Israel and Ukraine. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

As Republicans in Congress tanked bipartisan legislation this week on beefing up border security, President Biden took the opportunity to do something he hasn't done before when it comes to handling the politics over the crisis at the U.S. southern border: he went on offense.

Biden said the bill would have let him "temporarily shut down the border" when migrant numbers overwhelmed resources — but said Republicans were running scared from former President Donald Trump. Biden said Trump wanted to keep border issues alive as an election issue rather than see a compromise deal.