“Two hours in El Paso is not solving any real problems.” 

So said Republican National Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who visited the border wall in Mission on Sunday afternoon, where she expressed dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden’s first visit to the border in West Texas.

McDaniel’s visit to the Rio Grande Valley coincided with Biden’s stop in El Paso where he traveled with a congressional delegation, including Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. 

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RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks about President Biden visit to El Paso during a press conference near the border wall Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
RNC Chairman Ronna McDaniel speaks about President Biden visit to El Paso during a press conference near the border wall Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks about President Biden visit to El Paso during a press conference near the border wall Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
A section of the border wall ends Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks about President Biden visit to El Paso during a press conference near the border wall Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks about President Biden visit to El Paso with other RNC members near the border wall before a press conference Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks about President Biden visit to El Paso to members of the press near the border wall Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, center, records a message after speaking about President Biden visit to El Paso to the press near the border wall Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle crosses passed the border wall Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
Mud dried hand prints on the border wall Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel guilds RNC members after speaking about President Biden visit to El Paso at a press conference near the border wall Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
A section of the border wall stands across the field Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel prepares to speak about President Biden visit to El Paso near the border wall during a press conference Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Mission. (Joel Martinez | [email protected])

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