‘Stop Playing the Washington Blame Game!’ Pete Buttigieg Hammers Biden Critics in Tense Fox Interview

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg touted President Joe Biden’s record on Fox News Sunday, and admonished Congress to “listen to the president” and “stop playing the Washington blame game,” if they want to get anything done.

“We can do a Washington blame game all day, and you can tell there are some folks in the Capitol who would rather do that than roll up their sleeves and solve the problem,” Buttigieg told anchor Shannon Bream. “But anybody who opens their mouth about (the border) issue — any politician — should first have to explain why they stood in the way of a border bill that could be passed tomorrow and the president would sign it.”

“Should he take executive action knowing that’s not going to happen?” Bream asked.

“Well, he’s taking executive action now and will continually reassess what needs to be done based on the law and based on facts on the ground,” Buttigieg answered.

Bream asked, “Would he reinstate Remain in Mexico, which a lot of people say that’s responsible for millions of people who get here, check a box. You hear border control agents saying, we aren’t even law enforcement officers anymore, we’re facilitating people coming into this country, letting them go, and then no knowing where they’ll ever turn up again.”

“Which is why Congress should listen to the president and send more resources there, both to adjudicate the cases, for those who are involved in that side, and to get the technology and the personnel,” Buttigieg said, continuing:

Remember, the Border Patrol Union, not exactly big supporters of President Biden, endorsed this border bill. And yet, Congressional Republicans killed it. So again, we can continue to indulge in a Washington blame game or actually get something done.

And I would add, you know, this is in context with so many areas, where there’s been talk for years — talk, talk, talk, — and no action. President Biden has taken action to finally let Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices, over the objection of Big Pharma and Congressional Republicans. He took action to make sure we have a stronger economy, which is why more jobs were created on his watch than any other president in American history. He took action on infrastructure, where the prior president, the former president, promised it every year and failed to get it done.

So we can talk about language, we can talk about words, or we can talk about action.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.