Harris RIPS Into Reporter At The Border For Asking The Real Question

Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Texas for a way over due visit to the southern border. Harris was tapped by President Biden to take the lead in finding the “root causes” of the rise in migration.

When she arrived in El Paso at a processing center and Border Patrol facility for an operational briefing, the VP was clearly frazled by the experience. Harris nearly bit the head off of a reporter who questioned her about why she had wasted so much time since being appointed to handle the crisis at the border.

Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Texas on Friday for a long-awaited border visit, and she snapped at a question about why it had taken her so long to visit after more than 90 days since she was appointed to lead the effort to tackle the causes of the migrant crisis.

It comes after Harris was hammered by both Republicans and Democrats over her failure to visit the border, instead visiting Mexico and Guatemala and unveiling a range of initiatives to end root causes like violence, poverty and climate disruption in Central America.

“It’s not my first trip, I’ve been to the border many times,” she snapped back, apparently referring to visits she made to the border as senator.

According to Harris, this visit is just a prequel to the work that will be done in Guatemala and Mexico.

“Because as I’ve long said, I said back in March I was going to come to the border so this is not a new plan, but the reality of it is we have to deal with the causes and we have to deal with the effects,” she said.

“And being in Guatemala, and being in Mexico talking with Mexico as a partner frankly on the issue, was about addressing the causes and coming to the border at the advice and invitation of [Rep. Veronica Escobar] is about looking at the effects of what we have seen happening in Central America,” she said.

After touring the locations, Harris is set to hold a conference with advocates from faith-based nongovernmental organizations as well as shelter and legal service providers. The Vice President, joined by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin and Representative Veronica Escobar, will speak to the press and take questions.