{"id":122361,"date":"2019-05-11T19:58:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T23:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=122361"},"modified":"2019-05-11T19:59:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T23:59:21","slug":"biden-proves-hes-been-bought-by-foreign-interests-and-or-works-for-foreign-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=122361","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Creepy Joe Biden&#8217; proves he&#8217;s been bought by foreign interests and\/or works for foreign powers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>2006 Biden: &#8216;We Need A Border Wall&#8217; And To &#8216;Punish American Employers&#8217; Who Hire Illegals<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, former Vice President Joe Biden told a South Carolina rotary club audience that he proudly voted for the Secure Fence Act &#8211; authorizing the construction of 700 miles of fencing at the southern US border.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/biden%20fingers1.jpg?itok=YLEBYkYz\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/biden%20fingers1.jpg?itok=YLEBYkYz\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/biden%20fingers1.jpg?itok=lbbT8vCi 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/biden%20fingers1.jpg?itok=lbbT8vCi 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/biden%20fingers1.jpg?itok=lbbT8vCi 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/biden%20fingers1.jpg?itok=lbbT8vCi 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/biden%20fingers1.jpg?itok=lbbT8vCi 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/biden%20fingers1.jpg?itok=YLEBYkYz 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/biden%20fingers1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"287\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"1015d2bf-787d-4e71-98b5-1e084141b295\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also called for a crackdown on companies which hire &#8220;illegals,&#8221; saying: &#8220;<strong>I voted for a fence, I voted, unlike most Democrats \u2014 and some of you won&#8217;t like it<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 I voted for 700 miles of fence,&#8221; adding &#8220;But, let me tell you, we can build a fence 40 stories high, unless you change the dynamic in Mexico and \u2014 and you will not like this, and \u2014\u00a0<strong>punish American employers who knowingly violate the law when, in fact, they hire illegals<\/strong>. Unless you do those two things, all\u00a0<strong>the rest is window dressing<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"fitvid101430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/15djRzWG3_0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad__wrapper-element\">\n<aside id=\"article-outstream\">\n<div id=\"my_spring1\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>So, 2006 Biden and President Trump agree on immigration policy based on this video unearthed by\u00a0<em>CNN<\/em>&#8216;s KFile.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Now, I know I&#8217;m not supposed to say it that bluntly, but they&#8217;re the facts, they&#8217;re the facts<\/strong>,&#8221; said Biden. &#8220;And so everything else we do is in between here. Everything else we do is at the margins.\u00a0<strong>And the reason why I add that parenthetically, why I believe the fence is needed, does not have anything to do with immigration as much as drugs.<\/strong>\u00a0And let me tell you something, folks, people are driving across that border with tons, tons, hear me, tons of everything from\u00a0<strong>byproducts for methamphetamine to cocaine to heroin and it&#8217;s all coming up through corrupt Mexico<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden 2020 campaign spokesman Andrew Bates defended the remarks to CNN, noting that Biden said the barrier along the border will not solve the problem of illegal immigration &#8211; and called President Trump&#8217;s approach to the problem &#8220;repugnant&#8221; and &#8220;contrary to our values as a nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Vice President Biden believes we have to stop trying to scare people and instead have an immigration discussion based on facts,&#8221; said Bates. &#8220;He believes that we can secure our borders without abandoning our values, and that we should do that by addressing the root causes of immigration abroad and working toward comprehensive immigration reform at home, including a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and smart border security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<em>The Hill<\/em>&#8216;s Jonathan Easley notes, Biden has knocked Trump&#8217;s immigration policies, as well as the pardon of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio\u00a0&#8211; a staunch opponent of illegal immigration who was found guilty by the DOJ of racially profiling Latinos.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Biden has been a fierce critic of Trump\u2019s immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech to the\u00a0United Latin American Citizens last year, Biden bashed the administration for its zero-tolerance policy that separated children from their parents at the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Grotesque lies about immigrants and policies that rip babies from their mothers\u2019 arms<\/strong>\u00a0carry echoes of the darkest moments in our history,\u201d Biden said. \u201cNot only are they a national shame, they tarnish the very idea of America and diminish our standing in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also lashed out at the president for pardoning former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who\u00a0had been found guilty in a Justice Department investigation of racially profiling Latinos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t just reveal itself in the betrayal of the &#8216;Dreamers,&#8217;\u00a0<strong>or the pardoning of a sheriff who has terrorized this community,<\/strong>\u201d Biden\u00a0said. \u201cIt\u2019s also in the underfunding of our schools, in attacks on labor and the ability of workers to bargain for their worth, and in the neglect of Puerto Ricans after Hurricane Maria, where many children \u2014 American children \u2014 have lost a year of school due to the devastation.\u201d &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/443182-cnn-resurfaces-biden-remarks-calling-for-a-border-fence\">The Hill<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite Biden&#8217;s gaffes and openly groping women and children, he&#8217;s still the Democratic frontrunner for 2020 according to a recent poll by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/polling-institute\/reports\/MonmouthPoll_NH_050919\/\">Monmouth University<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; which has him in a double-digit lead over Bernie Sanders at 36% vs. 18% of likely Democratic primary voters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looks to me like it\u2019s going to be SleepyCreepy Joe over Crazy Bernie. Everyone else is fading fast!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1126839450330382346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-05-11\/2006-biden-we-need-border-wall-and-punish-american-employers-who-hire-illegals\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-05-11\/2006-biden-we-need-border-wall-and-punish-american-employers-who-hire-illegals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2006 Biden: &#8216;We Need A Border Wall&#8217; And To &#8216;Punish American Employers&#8217; Who Hire Illegals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}