Senate Candidate Blake Masters Vows Shutdown Showdown Over Biden’s Border Chaos:
Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters said if Arizona voters elect him, he is prepared to shut down the government to force President Biden to reverse course on his border policies.
“I’m willing to go there,” Mr. Masters told The Washington Times in an exclusive interview in this border city, which serves as a major hub for fresh produce imports from Mexico.
He said he doubts Mr. Biden would go over the edge to allow a shutdown and figures the president won’t go all-in on an issue where he is clearly struggling with both voters and the realities on the ground. Still, Mr. Masters said, Republicans should be willing to “play hardball.”
“By exercising that leverage, I think we will win,” Mr. Masters said. “I think he will capitulate.”
If Republicans stick together, Mr. Masters said, they can paint the president into a corner by offering their votes in favor of spending bills to keep the government running in exchange for a change of course on the border.
“Go ahead, Mr. President, your move,” he said. “What’s he going to do? He’s going to shut the government down and try to blame Republicans?
“No, we’re going to say, ‘Hey, he’s not securing the border,’” Mr. Masters said. “If Biden wants to shut the government down and tell the American people that he’d prefer to do that over having border security, that’s a political loser.”
The 36-year-old venture capitalist is facing off against Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly in a race that is perhaps the clearest referendum right now on Mr. Biden’s border policies. --->READ MORE HERE
I will shut down the government to force Biden to reverse course and address the chaos at the border, Arizona's Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters says:
Trump-backed Blake Masters said Republicans need to be willing to 'play hardball' when it comes to immigration and warned that if elected to the Senate he is prepared to force a government shutdown if President Joe Biden does not address the southern border crisis.
The 36-year-old Republican Arizona candidate told the Washington Times, 'I'm willing to go there'.
'By exercising that leverage, I think we will win,' Masters said in an interview from the southern border town of Nogales, Arizona. 'I think he will capitulate.'
Masters appeared alongside former President Donald Trump at his signature Make America Great Again rally in Mesa, Arizona on Sunday evening. The endorsement, along with billionaire Peter Thiel's financial backing, launched Masters through his primary race.
The Republican is now taking on Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, 58, in the 2022 midterm election in November.
As a border state, Arizona faces one of the fiercest affronts as a result of the southern border crisis, which has seen a record number of migrants cross in the last year. --->READ MORE HERE
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