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By Shannon Power
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Country singer John Rich has posted on social media about politics once again, this time about presidential hopeful Kamala Harris.
The vice president is the likely Democratic nominee for the 2024 election, but Rich does not think she will hold onto that title for very long. Rich took to X, formerly Twitter, to suggest the Democrats will pick another nominee before November after President Joe Biden stepped down from the race.
"Huge issues stemming from the border are going to dominate the news cycle in the coming weeks. Anything that happens will be laid at the feet of Harris, our Border Czar. I predict they switch candidates again before the election," wrote Rich.
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The singer also labeled Harris the 'Border Czar' on Twitter in 2021 after she was tasked with leading diplomatic relations with Central American countries to try to stem the tide of people crossing the U.S. border via Mexico by identifying the "root causes" of the mass migration.
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It wasn't clear which issues Rich was referring to in his post. Newsweek contacted his representatives by email for comment.
Rich has long been a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, who has often criticized Harris for being a "more radical" extension of Biden administration and her work at the U.S.-Mexico border.
In a Truth Social post on Tuesday July 23, Trump wrote, "Lyin' Kamala Harris, the Biden appointed 'Border Czar' who never visited the Border, and whose incompetence gave us the WORST and MOST DANGEROUS Border anywhere in the World, has absolutely terrible pole numbers against a fine and brilliant young man named DONALD J. TRUMP! Be careful what you wish for, Democrats??? MAGA2024."
In June, President Biden announced new executive action to prevent migrants who cross the border unlawfully from receiving asylum once in the U.S. in an attempt to stop the border from becoming overwhelmed.
Almost 400,000 people were detained and deported between Trump's implementation of Title 42 and his departure from the White House. The measure was introduced in 2020 and severely restricted asylum claims.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) instigated Title 42 under the Trump administration and at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic to stop anyone who had recently been in a country where a communicable disease was present from entering the U.S.
Biden overturned the measure in May 2023 amid claims it had allowed the U.S. to expel legitimate asylum seekers.
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