Republican on Fox Calls for GOP to ‘Shut Down the Economy’ to Fix Immigration: ‘We Should, Really’

Republican Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (R-IN) joined Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo to discuss a variety of issues on Tuesday, including border security. The lengthy interview included many regular talking points, but went off track briefly when Spartz appeared to call for shutting down the U.S. economy.

Bartiromo introduced the interview, saying, “President Biden speaking with the speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Minority Leader in the Senate Mitch McConnell about border legislation yesterday. The White House says that Biden called for Republicans to stop playing politics and act quickly to pass the Senate’s border bill, insisting that it would add thousands of Border Patrol agents, combat drug smuggling and make our country safer, according to the White House. Prior to speaking with Biden, though, Speaker Johnson wrote this on X, ‘Leader Schumer is trying to give his vulnerable members cover by bringing a vote on a bill which has already failed. Should it reach the House, the bill will be dead on arrival.’”

The host then introduced Spartz, who was born in Ukraine, and asked, “Why do you think the Democrats want to revive this border bill now after it failed?”