‘Jim, Come On’: GOP Rep Tells CNN Host Point-Blank He Knows ‘Good And Well’ Border Bill Would’ve Been ‘Disaster’

Republican Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett told CNN’s Jim Acosta on Friday that the host knows “good and well” that a February Senate border bill would have been disastrous if enacted.

The Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act included additional funds for hiring more 🛂Immigration judges as well as handling foreign nationals illegally in the United States, but Republicans argued it would not meaningfully reduce illegal 🛂Immigration. Acosta on “CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta” characterized the bill as a “bipartisan effort to crack down on the border,” but Burchett said it was “a bad deal” and that the host understands it would not have been effective.

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“That was a lawyer employment bill,” Burchett said. “All it said was when they get to the point of 5,000 people a day, Jim, now, 4,999 illegals a day is okay,” Burchett started before Acosta cut him off, asking, “But why not do something if you have a bipartisan effort?”

Burchett disputed that it was bipartisan