NEWSWEEK
A Republican senator pushed back on Donald Trump calling a potential deal on border security a “betrayal.”
Senator Kevin Cramer told CNN: “If we don’t try to do something when we have the moment to do something, all of those swing voters in swing states for whom the border is the number one priority have every right to look at and say to us: ‘You blew your opportunity. We were ready to give you a shot and you blew it.'”
Republican senators have been involved in negotiations with the Biden administration and Democrats over a deal on border security, but it could face serious opposition from Republicans in the House. Speaker Mike Johnson previously said the deal would be “dead on arrival” in the House, while Trump told supporters in Las Vegas on January 27 that there is “zero chance I will support this horrible open borders betrayal of America,” The Hill reported.
Asked if Trump’s characterization of the deal as a betrayal was correct, Cramer responded “not at all.”
Newsweek has approached a Trump spokesperson out of hours for comment via email.
The situation has led to concerns over comments that some Republicans are wary of potentially blunting one of Trump’s key attack…
