Former DoJ Spox: Biden Missed His Sister Souljah Moment On Immigration

MRC Latino | March 10, 2024
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GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Rachel, you were inside the chamber. What an atmosphere. 

RACHEL SCOTT: The level of decorum and the lack thereof, rather, and it was interesting to see President Biden. Look, he knew this from the last time he gave this address that Republicans booed him. But going toe to toe, head to head with Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene as if this was some sort of, like, high school debate open forum, repeating back the words she was saying to him. Challenging him on that, and that's where he sort of caught himself in this bind when it came to using the term “illegal”, which obviously drew a lot of backlash from Democrats and now the president has- has backtracked on that.

STEPHANOPOULOS: I'm not so sure that was as much of a mistake even though he took it back, as people made it out to be. 

SARAH ISGUR: What a missed Sister Souljah moment for President Biden. He has this back and forth, he gets the better of it, but then once again sort of caves to that sort of far left campaign staff level base within the Democratic Party where you're worried more about what you called the murderer than you are about the woman who was murdered. And again, when you are trying to reach those voters who are going to decide this election, not the Democratic base, but the people who don't like two of their choices here and are looking for some way forward- total missed opportunity.