Democratic border mayors criticize JD Vance border visit

YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, continued his visit to Arizona on Thursday by visiting the southern border.

Bisbee mayor Ken Budge and his counterparts, San Luis mayor Nieves Riedel and Cochise County supervisor Ann English, called out Vance’s border stop.

“Has Kamala Harris done anything you’ve asked her to do? She is your border czar, has she done anything you have asked her to do? The answer is no,” he said.

Vance said Vice President Kamala Harris owns every failure of the Biden administration opening the border and cutting funding for the wall.

“If people are going to come to this country and they know they’re never going to be deported, you effectively have an open border. That is what Kamala Harris promised. That’s what Kamala Harris did and Donald Trump and I promise to do the opposite,” said Vance.

While he toured the border, Democratic mayors along the Arizona border shunned the move, calling for real solutions.

Bisbee mayor Ken Budge and his counterparts, San Luis mayor Nieves Riedel, and Cochise County supervisor Ann English called out Vance’s border stop.

“JD Vance is down at the border, fanning the flames,” said Budge.

Budge called it nothing more than a photo op and said congressional Republicans are the ones who blocked the bipartisan border bill.

“Let it be known that Republicans don’t want to solve this problem. That border bill would have made our country safer, made it more secure,” said Budge.

Vance said that the bill wouldn’t have solved the problem.

Meanwhile, the Democratic leaders expressed their support for Harris and liked the idea of Sen. Mark Kelly being a potential running mate.

“Sen. Kelly knows the border. He’s been at the border, not to take a picture. He comes and sits down with us and listens and he has delivered,” Riedel said.

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