Trump Visits US-Mexico Border, Claims Democrats Are Running a 'Disinformation Campaign'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "The real question is, do [Democratic officals] really want open borders or are they incompetent?" asked Trump, who made the construction of a border wall a key campaign promise in 2016, during the event.
54% : The president also sent back billions of dollars that were authorized for border wall construction to the Department of Defense earlier this month.
51% : According to the most recent data provided by the Customs and Border Protection, more than 180,000 people were arrested after illegally crossing the border in May 2020.
45% : Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, both Republicans, recently asked 48 other states to send additional law enforcement to deal with the surge along the border.
39% : In one of Trump's final trips as president, he visited the border wall near the Mexican-Texas border in January.
37% : The former president's visit to the Texas side of the border comes as Republicans continue to attack Democrats and President Joe Biden's administration on border security and the increase in Border Patrol apprehensions in recent months.

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