Calling for more border security while decrying a “surge at the border” is downright Trumpian. Next thing you know, she’ll be chanting “build that wall” at campaign events.

She’s telling voters what they want to hear, but her record shows how disingenuous this is.

In June 2020, Cortez Masto signed onto a letter with other Senate Democrats demanding the Trump administration stop using Title 42. The “CDC asylum ban … further endanger(s) populations at risk of harm. The CDC order appears designed to further on ongoing agenda to exclude asylum seekers,” the letter said. The signing senators then bemoaned that more than 20,000 people “have been expelled under the CDC order.” But now that the number has reached seven figures, Cortez Masto is criticizing the Biden administration for doing what she once demanded.

Last August, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, proposed an amendment to extend Title 42 authority. Cortez Masto joined her fellow Democrats in voting “no,” defeating the measure.