The Republican vice presidential nominee posted a link to the Axios report on X and said: “Kamala Harris is a fake. If she wants to build the border wall, she could start right now!”
However he was quickly called out, with many pointing out that Republicans tanked a bipartisan immigration and border security bill in the Senate back in May following pressure from Donald Trump.
The bill – which would have provided the president with the authority to shut down the asylum system if unauthorized border crossings reached a certain monthly threshold – had initially seemed set up for success.
It included $650m on wall spending, significantly less than the $18bn Trump asked for when he was president in 2018.
Trump was reportedly infuriated with Republicans joining with Democrats on one of his key campaign issues.
