President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington. Standing at left is Vice President Kamala Harris and seated at right is House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. (Shawn Thew/Pool)
Biden pointed to Congress for the ongoing crisis at the southern border, repeatedly saying he is waiting on Congress to pass the bipartisan border agreement before taking any serious action. Schmitt, agreeing with many Republicans, said that Biden can secure the border now.
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Schmitt told Fox that Biden "doesn't want to secure the border," however, and that "the American people see through that. Basically, his speech was – don't believe what your eyes are telling you. And, people have had enough of it."
"It's the ultimate head fake, because the same laws that were on the books when President Trump had the lowest level of illegal immigration in 40 years are on the books now. So he could undo his 90 executive actions that created the crisis. If he just did that, if he just went back to where we were in January of 2021 and wanted to enforce our laws, we could secure the border."
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the Capitol building on March 7, 2024, in Washington, D.C. It was Biden's final address before the November general election. (Shawn Thew-Pool)
"This was like a campaign speech," Schmitt said, adding that the president appeared "really divisive" and "over-the-top partisan."
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Schmitt brought Kari Rosbeck, executive director of the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, as his guest to the address.
Aubrie Spady is a Production Assistant for Fox News Digital.
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