Karine Jean-Pierre Says Republicans Wanted to ‘Abruptly’ End Title 42 Border Policy

During a White House press briefing on Wednesday, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Republicans had been the ones to push for an end to the Title 42 border policy, but the record demonstrates the opposite.

A reporter asked Jean-Pierre whether the Biden administration would keep or lift Title 42, a public health measure used to easily turn illegal migrants away at the border during the COVID-19 pandemic, even after President Joe Biden ends the coronavirus public health emergency in May.  

“What House Republicans were trying to do is they were trying to really barrel...