Pennsylvania’s Democratic Sen. Bob Casey slammed Republicans for not supporting a controversial Senate immigration bill earlier this month prompting criticisms from Republicans, who say he pushed certain immigration fixes during election years and voted against them in off years – a characterization Casey’s office disputes.
“Now that Bob Casey is in the race of his life, he’s hoping Pennsylvanians will forget he opposed building a border wall and even supported mass amnesty and taxpayer-funded health care for illegal immigrants,” Phillip Letsou, a spokesperson for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told Fox News Digital
“Casey will say anything for power, even if that means lying to Pennsylvanians.”
“Today we had the opportunity to pass the strongest border security bill in decades, and Senate Republicans walked away,” Casey said in a press release last week, accusing Republicans of playing politics on the failed Senate immigration bill.
“After insisting that border security was such an emergency that it needed to be addressed immediately, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are now brazenly admitting that this issue can wait until after the November elections. Everyone knows the reason for this insult to the American people is that Senate Republicans are genuflecting to their presidential candidate because he’d rather campaign on this crisis than fix it.”
Since taking office in 2006, Casey has voted several times against border security measures during years he was not running for re-election while calling for stronger border security in years…