Mayorkas Supports ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban But Can’t Define ‘Assault Weapons’

By Bethany Blankley (The Heart Sq.)

In a Senate Judiciary Committee listening to on oversight of the Division of Homeland Safety, its secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, stated he supported a federal assault weapons however couldn’t outline what an assault weapon is.

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, requested Mayorkas, ”Do you agree with the president that we must always ban the non-public possession of assault weapons in America?”

“I do,” he replied.

Kennedy then requested, “What’s an assault weapon?”

Mayorkas replied, “an AK-47.”

“Are you able to give me a selected definition aside from pointing to a selected weapon?” Kennedy requested.

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Mayorkas replied by stating he was once a federal prosecutor within the late Nineteen Eighties in California and that these in regulation enforcement he labored with assist an assault weapons ban.

Kennedy replied, “Have you learnt why we get so pissed off with you? Since you received’t give straight solutions.”

“I simply did,” Mayorkas stated.

“No you didn’t,” Kennedy replied. “Do you could have a definition of an assault weapon?” he requested once more.

“I’m assured there’s a technical definition,” Mayorkas replied.

Mayorkas had beforehand refused to present direct solutions to questions posed by Texas Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn.

When questioned by Cruz, Mayorkas refused to reply sure or no questions or sat in silence. He additionally stated he didn’t know knowledge publicly obtainable and printed by U.S. Customs and Border Safety, an company he oversees.

Mayorkas stated no murderers had been launched into the nation underneath his watch, a declare in direct opposition to CBP knowledge. He additionally stated he didn’t know what number of overseas nationals had died making an attempt to enter the nation illegally, what number of terrorists had been apprehended trying to cross the border, and didn’t find out about bracelets that cartels use to maintain observe of the folks they’re smuggling throughout the border.

At one level, Cruz, in disbelief of his solutions, instructed Mayorkas, “In case you have any integrity, you’d resign.”

Kennedy additionally requested Mayorkas, “Our southern border isn’t safe, is it?”

“Once I converse of safety I’m talking of maximizing sources to verify we’ve the simplest outcomes,” Mayorkas replied.

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“So it’s safe as a result of we’re making an attempt to safe it?” Kennedy requested. “Are we succeeding?”

“We’re so targeted on the safety of our southern border we’re doing a lot,” Mayorkas replied.

Kennedy listed the file variety of unlawful overseas nationals coming into the nation, the file variety of gotaways, the file variety of terrorists, and different classes he stated have been the best underneath the Biden administration “within the historical past of ever.”

The Nationwide Border Patrol Council, the union representing Border Patrol brokers, took problem with claims Mayorkas made denying how Mexican cartels use teams of a whole bunch of individuals to tug Border Patrol from the road, referred to as “job saturation.” It’s a technique employed to burden Border Patrol brokers with processing paperwork, pulling them from the sector and line of protection, so the border is left open for cartels to smuggle folks and medicines. Border Patrol chiefs defined this tactic in testimony given at Home and Senate committee hearings earlier this 12 months.

Mayorkas claiming “cartels don’t use unlawful aliens to tie up BP brokers, which permits them to smuggle different objects throughout the border,” the NBPC stated, “is a lie. Cartels don’t revenue billions as a result of they’re silly. Leftists like Mayorkas revenue as a result of they suppose the American individuals are silly.”

It posted an image of Mayorkas on social media, stating, “A nationwide shame.”

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