Immigration

Joe Biden’s Wall Will Not Win Over Far-Right Conservatives

Despite his efforts since being elected, President Joe Biden is not winning over Trump-voting conservatives

The Antagonist Magazine
3 min readOct 5, 2023

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President Joe Biden speaking with attendees at the 2019 Iowa Federation of Labor Convention hosted by the AFL-CIO in Altoona, Iowa. Credit: Gage Skidmore / Creative Commons

No matter how hard President Joe Biden tries, far-right conservatives will not support him. This has been evident since he was elected to office. Republicans continue to drive the narrative that the border is open and regardless of what he does, they will continue changing the portrayal as they have for more than 3 decades. Now, the White House is playing right into their nonsense.

With Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas declaring that the administration will waive more than 20 environmental laws to build a border wall in Texas — mimicking former president Donald Trump’s policies at the border — Biden’s White House seems more content with appeasing Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s political stunts rather than challenge the illegality of Texas’ border actions.

Gov. Abbott continues to play games with human lives violating U.S. law and basic human rights and Biden’s appeasing his actions is a disservice to the country. Misinformation is rampant. From major media outlets lying about the buoy barrier being ordered removed to Tucker Carlson and other conservative…

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Arturo Dominguez
The Antagonist Magazine

Journalist covering Congress, Racial Justice, Human Rights, Cuba, Texas | Editor: The Antagonist Magazine |