Karine Jean-Pierre is honing her skills in gaslighting, that’s for sure. When she isn’t pointing reporters to the DOJ to answer questions she doesn’t want to (or can’t) about Biden’s debacle with classified documents, she’s accusing Republicans of behavior that is the exact opposite of reality.

Take, for example, KJP’s daily briefing with the White House press corps on Wednesday. She said that Republicans are the ones who are trying to end Title 42. WHAT? Maybe she doesn’t understand Title 42. Perhaps her big notebook full of talking points and answers to potential questions from reporters should be a bit more specific.

Karine Jean-Pierre says Republicans wanted to end Title 42 at the border (not true) and Biden was actually the one who wanted "to make sure there was an orderly process to manage the situation in a way that was, again, orderly" (definitely not true). pic.twitter.com/v8cPxX9i21

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There has been nothing “orderly” about how Team Biden handles the Biden border crisis. The chaos brought about by the humanitarian and national security crisis was created intentionally. There is no other explanation. Biden threw out all of the effective agreements and policies used by the previous administration as his way of proving he is the anti-Trump president. It’s been a disaster of epic proportions.

Twenty-one states are suing the Biden administration over ending Title 42. Red states want to keep the policy in place as long as possible because it is the only deterrent available to counter the waves of illegal migrants crossing the southern border. The administration has tried to end the program without success and now waits for a decision by the Supreme Court.

On Tuesday a White House official said that if the courts allow it, the administration plans to roll back Title 42 on May 11. The end of the policy could come before the Supreme Court has ruled on the case brought by the red states seeking to keep it in place. Since the CDC first implemented the policy in March 2020, 2.3 million illegal migrants have been immediately expelled at the southern border.

People on both sides of the aisle admit that when Title 42 ends, there will be a large increase in the number of illegal migrant crossings. That will be on top of already historically high numbers of border encounters. The policy, as written, states that it may be lifted when the public health emergency is officially over. Biden has publicly declared the pandemic to be over, as he did during an interview with 60 Minutes earlier this year. The administration tried lifting Title 42 which led to red states suing the administration. Now the administration wants to end the policy by letting the public health emergency declaration expire on May 11.

Oral arguments for the case are scheduled for March 1. This could have an impact on whether states try to block the administration’s latest date for ending the policy.

One twist that may complicate the issue is that House Republicans voted Tuesday night to lift the public health emergency for Covid-19 immediately instead of waiting for May 11. Republicans want the mandates and restrictions to end now but without ending Title 42. It’s unlikely the bill will pass in the Senate but if it did, it could allow the administration to end Title 42 sooner than it plans.

KJP is a master at delivering whoppers from her podium in the White House briefing room. This one yesterday was a stellar example of how she twists facts and lies about reality with a straight face to the press.

Senator James Lankford (R-OK) introduced two major pieces of legislation Wednesday which included a bipartisan bill to avoid a “catastrophe” once Title 42 ends.

“Everyone wants to talk about the border crisis but no one wants to publish a plan to fix it because they know it will face intense scrutiny. I’m introducing two bills to start turning the tide at the border,” Lankford said in a statement.

Lankford is introducing The Public Health and Border Security Act, which would require that all COVID-19 national states of emergency be fully lifted before the Biden administration ends the Title 42 public health order.

Lankford is joined on the bill by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., Maggie Hassan, D-NH, Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., as well as fellow Republicans John Thune, R-S.D., Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C.

Separately, he is introducing the Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act, which would focus to reform Temporary Protected Status — an authority that allows DHS to protect nationals of designated countries living in the U.S. from potential deportation if they are eligible, allows them to apply for work permits and gives them the freedom to travel.

TPS is based on three reasons – armed ongoing conflict, environmental disasters or “extraordinary and temporary conditions.” The Biden administration uses it more as a de-facto amnesty program, in the opinion of border hawks. Lankford’s bill would require DHS to give Congress all its information on a TPS designation before it goes into effect. It also limits DHS from more than one designation an extension without approval from Congress.

Biden has called for Congress to pass a sweeping immigration bill. That bill includes blanket amnesty for millions of illegal aliens already in this country. That’s unacceptable to Republicans and a non-starter in negotiations.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have turned to smaller pieces of legislation to find common ground. Lankford said his bills are a “much-needed push toward a secure border.”

“These bills will force the Biden Administration to stop letting the Temporary Protected Status be an indefinite form of amnesty and to pressure Biden and his team to coordinate with state and local authorities to avoid a post-Title 42 catastrophe,” he said. “The American people don’t need to suffer under President Biden’s border policies because Congress is afraid to act.”

These bills probably won’t go anywhere right now. Biden will soon declare his candidacy for re-election. Neither party is willing to tackle immigration reform during a presidential election cycle. The administration just needs to enforce the laws already on the books. That would be a good start to plugging the porous border. In the meantime, the answer is to pass small pieces of legislation on immigration, not a big sweeping piece of legislation loaded up with a wish list from progressives.