ANALYSIS — President Joe Biden has sharpened his campaign message, more and more often calling out his likely general election foe, Donald Trump, by name.
This pivot includes calling out the former commander in chief and GOP presidential front-runner for spearheading efforts to block a bipartisan border security and immigration package on Capitol Hill.
“I understand my predecessor is in Eagle Pass today. So here’s what I would say to Mr. Trump,” Biden said Thursday in Brownsville, Texas, during dueling trips he and Trump took to the U.S.-Mexico border. “Instead of playing politics with the issue, instead of telling members of Congress to block this legislation, join me or I’ll join you in telling the Congress to pass this bipartisan border security bill.
