Kelly: Biden administration did a ‘bad job’ at the border

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Sunday echoed his critiques of the Biden administration’s border policies while appreciating the ability to break with the former president without fear of reprisal.

Kelly said the Biden administration created a “crisis at the southern border” with welcoming policies that allowed for undocumented immigrants to enter the country legally rather than turning them away. 

“The Biden administration did a bad job at the border. Now, um, I am a border senator, I represent the state of Arizona, and this was affecting my constituents more than it was affecting, let’s say, Todd’s in Indiana,” he said referring to Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week.”

“So yes, I wound up in a situation with them where I had to do some unpopular things, and I think unpopular things for being a Democrat,” he added.

However, Kelly said his decision to break with Biden did not come with fear of retribution — unlike the........

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