California Gov. Gavin Newsom told an assembly of world leaders and corporate executives at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22 that the Democratic Party’s border policies were inadequate.
“Yes, the Democratic Party failed in the last few years on the border,” Newsom said. “And yes, I was critical of that.”
He recalled differences of opinion with President Joe Biden on how best to manage immigration from a national security perspective.
“We were very, very pointed with the Biden Administration that we were failing to deliver border security for a number of years on the larger immigration issue,” Newsom said.
President Donald Trump told the Davos crowd the previous day that he “inherited a terrible situation” from Biden.
“The border was open. The inflation was raging,” Trump said. “Everything was bad with the United States when I came into office.”
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He signed executive orders directing federal agencies to secure the border on his first day back in office, shortly after his second inauguration.
“Our previously open and dangerous border is closed and virtually impenetrable,” Trump said. “We fixed it with the strongest border anywhere in the world.”
Newsom acknowledged that Democratic lawmakers’ policies have led to a loss of credibility in recent years, allowing Trump to capitalize on the opportunity.
“I think one of the main reasons … that he has been successful is because the Democratic Party is so discredited in the eyes of so many voters,” he said.
The governor called on colleagues to reassess priorities and better serve constituents.
“I absolutely accept that we all should be held to a higher level of accountability in terms of our governance,” Newsom said. “And I think there are many areas of reforms that are necessary.”
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