McCarthy says Biden snubbed request to meet regarding border surge

Published March 11, 2021 6:50pm ET



House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday said President Biden ignored his request to meet up and discuss the crisis on the southern border.

“Last week, I sent a letter to the president asking to sit down with him, to work on ideas to reverse some of the misuse and misdirected policies that he had attempted at the beginning in creating this crisis,” McCarthy said during a press conference. “As of this day, he has not answered our letter to attempt to meet.”

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