Our VP Travels to Europe to Help Secure the Border of Ukraine but What Are You Going to Do to Secure Our Border

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A sincere question to our Washington politicians referred to here as “you.” What are you going to do to secure our border? I have no words to describe the disgust I have for our current political leadership, of both parties, and their complete indifference to this problem.

Our VP travels to Europe to help secure the border of Ukraine.

We send our young military men and women, along with millions of dollars in military equipment, to defend a foreign country. Yet you, and the rest of our apathetic political “leadership” in Washington, do nothing for the American people to secure OUR BORDER.

You refuse to finish building the border wall, or even allow our Border Patrol Agents to do their job. You refuse to pass common-sense immigration laws or at least enforce the ones we have until you do.

Failing to secure our border poses a real and present existential threat to our country. We’re tired of hearing you talk about it, get it done!

While you dither, drugs continue to pour across our border, killing hundreds of thousands of innocent American citizens.

While you dither, millions of unknown and unvetted foreigners, including real terrorists, human traffickers, and violent criminals, continue to stream across our border. You are responsible for whatever harm they cause.

Your inaction is costing American taxpayers millions of dollars, while also endangering the safety and security of all Americans.

However, what you are willing to do, is to spend more taxpayer dollars to illegally relocate them all across our country, educate them, medicate them, house them and feed them.

All of those actions, along with your inactions, reflect a total disregard for the Constitution, and the oath you took to defend it. So please answer this simple question for me: What are you going to do to secure our border?

Please refrain from responding with phrases such as: Let me refer you to the department of…, it’s in committee, it’s being debated, I’m reaching across the aisle, or someday we plan on passing “comprehensive immigration reform”.

These are all overused political talking points, and they are just as tired and useless as the people who use them.

Here are two antitheticall examples of responses you might want to consider:

“Truthfully, I’m a politician, only concerned with my political agenda and getting reelected. Therefore, I plan on actually doing nothing to secure our border. I am not interested in protecting the citizens and sovereignty of our nation.”

“I plan on taking the lead on this issue. I will immediately be taking the following ACTIONS to secure our border in order to protect American citizens and their families. These actions include________________________.”

In other words, do you plan on protecting your constituents, or illegal immigrants?

So again, I ask you to directly, clearly and succinctly answer this simple question.

What are you going to do to secure our border?

Michael Petruzziello
Major, USMC (Ret)

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