Bernie Sanders admits Biden failed to tackle illegal immigration
Liberal senator says in interview Trump was right to ‘crack down on fentanyl, making sure our borders are stronger’
Liberal US senator Bernie Sanders has praised Donald Trump’s drive to clampdown on illegal immigration and fentanyl in an admission that Joe Biden’s administration failed to adequately tackle the issues.
Sanders, the Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats, made the surprising concession in an interview with ABC’s Jonathan Karl on Sunday that was otherwise noteworthy for his threat to end it prematurely after the host asked him about the political future of progressive congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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