President Obama should continue to “straddle the fence as far as he can” when it comes to addressing the ongoing border crisis, because of the current political climate, Bob Beckel said on Monday.
He explained to Fox News that the White House is likely aware of the political problems posed by the president taking action to send the children home quickly, especially given Democrats’ dependency on Hispanic voters.
“Let me be brutally frank here: We’re sitting on an election which, by my count, puts the Senate in the hands of the Republicans, and increases the Republicans in the House,” Beckel said. “The dependence that we have on Hispanic voters is significant. . . . I would say part of it is political.”
But Beckel also urged Democrats to be wary of enflaming frustrations expressed by some of their African-American constituents, who have taken issue with the administration’s apparent prioritization of the well-being of unaccompanied immigrant children over those in the inner city.
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