The takes in this thread are absolutely ridiculous.
Biden isn’t trying to “court” Republican donors or voters.
Conservatives have made up a hypothetical scenario that the border is in crisis. It is literally the only platform that they have to run on at this point and it’s been broadcast that Biden isn’t doing anything about it.
So, Biden has simply stated that he’ll close the border if they give him the ability to. It’s ingenious.
By doing this, he’s robbed them of one of their biggest running points, and Republicans are now panickly scrambling around trying to salvage the situation. Either they give Biden more power to do “the thing” or they continue to to complain he’s not doing enough whilst very publicly hampering his ability to do so. Either route they go, they’re going to shoot themselves in the foot and it’s glorious.