A Navy veteran seeking to represent Minnesota in the Senate says the silence from Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., about a number of issues, particularly the southern border crisis and the economy, shows she is “selfish” and “not serious” about protecting Americans.
“She’s been silent on the border issue. She’s been silent on bringing jobs to Minnesota when it comes to the Iron Range and our mining capabilities that we have out there. We’re sitting on billions of dollars worth of revenue and jobs, and she’s done nothing to help,” Joe Fraser, a Republican making his first run for public office, told Fox News Digital in an interview.
“The national debt has tripled under her watch, and the border is less secure,” he added. “She ran on securing the border 18 years ago. She wanted to close the border and fix immigration. Now she’s all for open borders, no immigration policy. You won’t find that flip-flop from me.”
The recent arrests by federal immigration authorities of eight Tajikistan nationals with ties to ISIS in three major cities, Fraser said, further adds to the notion that Klobuchar and other Democrats in Congress are “not serious about foreign policy and security or securing the nation and protecting American citizens.”
AUTHORITIES NAB 8 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS WITH TIES TO ISIS IN MULTI-CITY STING OPERATION
Joe Fraser insists that Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s lackluster advocacy for “strong foreign policy” has also contributed to her inability to successfully represent Minnesota in the upper chamber. (Joe Fraser campaign | Getty Images)
The Tajikistan nationals, who are said to have crossed the U.S. southern border illegally, were busted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in conjunction with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, a federal source told Fox News on Tuesday. The arrests took place in New York City, Los Angeles and Philadelphia in recent days.
“They’re putting those ISIS members’ rights ahead of Minnesotans’ rights, they’re putting them ahead of…
