A Fox News host Friday publicly mocked a Republican congressman over chaos in the House of Representatives that has made it near impossible to pass legislation on core conservative issues.
"You guys look like Keystone Kops out there," Neil Cavuto told Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX). "Republicans are not leading."
Cavuto took umbrage with criticism of Mike Johnson — "everyone wants the Speaker's head," he said — and the fact that President Joe Biden is publicly mulling executive action on southern border control.
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"He's got some ideas ahead of his State of the Union address where he might take executive actions," Cavuto noted. "Some of your colleagues are saying you can't do that, even though they say you have the power to do this. It's confusing."
Roy argued Biden's orders would amount only to bureaucratic number-fixing, not substantive action, then called on conservatives to stand firm against him.
"Republicans have to hold the line," Roy said. "The only way to do that is to keep shining the light on the problem and demand we security the border with the policy changes that need to be adopted."
Cavuto pushed back, demanding to know if former President Donald Trump had pressured House Republicans to kill a recent bipartisan border control bill.
"Some say you kowtowed," Cavuto said. "Do you think that went too far? You think Donald Trump hurt you in this regard?"
Roy denied Trump had anything to do with conversations he'd had about the legislation on Capitol Hill.
"Seems like everyone in your party is afraid to say boo to the guy," Cavuto retorted. "They suck up to the guy, don't want to challenge him. He didn't like it and made it clear he didn't like it."
"He didn't like it because it's a bad bill," Roy snapped. "We couldn't cement bad policy."
"Right now we don't have any policy," Cavuto replied. "The fact of the matter is there's nothing."
