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Ken Salazar, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico under President Joe Biden<\/a>, considered running for president against his former boss in 2024, he revealed.<\/p>\n

“I should run for president,” Salazar told himself, after Biden’s disastrous July 2024 debate performance, according to a book excerpt obtained by Politico.<\/a><\/p>\n

Salazar also claimed that he begged for a border czar and early on advised Biden to refer to the U.S. border situation as a crisis.<\/p>\n

“There was political failure to understand the reality of the crisis at the border, and the political consequence it would have<\/a> on Democrats in the 2024 election.<\/span><\/p>\n

HOW IMMIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY DOMINATED 2024 AND DECIDED AN ELECTION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Salazar claimed that within the administration, officials used the word “crisis” all the time, “even if at that time the White House<\/a> refused to acknowledge it as such.”<\/p>\n

When Salazar advised then-Homeland Security<\/a> Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to use the word, Mayorkas apparently told him: “Ken, I have a lot on my plate already. I\u2019m about to be impeached for all this border stuff. The Republicans have it out for me.”<\/p>\n

Salazar never ended up declaring himself as a candidate despite recruiting a team and drafting a presidential platform, Politico reported.<\/p>\n

BIDEN AIDES WARNED DONORS DROPPING OUT AND RUNNING KAMALA HARRIS WOULD BE A MISTAKE: BOOK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

He had planned to throw his name into consideration when Biden dropped out, but the Democratic Party never held open primaries, instead choosing to coronate Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> as the party’s candidate unilaterally, a decision Salazar called “a mistake,” per Politico.<\/p>\n

Salazar criticized Harris’ action, or lack thereof, on the border after she was tasked with stemming the flow of migration. Harris was dubbed the border czar<\/a>, a position Salazar had pushed for the Biden White House to create, but he was unhappy with the nature of her work in the position.<\/p>\n

“But sadly, her designation in this position was having no effect on migration flows,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

HOW HARRIS WAS DOGGED BY ‘BORDER CZAR’ LABEL, PAST RADICAL IMMIGRATION VIEWS DURING FAILED CAMPAIGN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“[Harris] had been placed in charge of getting at the \u2018root causes\u2019 of migration, but many felt she had been ineffective,” he continued.<\/p>\n

“For whatever reason, she had been unable to help with the border and migration crisis<\/a>, even though she\u2019d sat next door to the Oval Office for almost four years.”<\/p>\n

Salazar, a Colorado<\/a>-born lawyer of Mexican descent and his state’s first Hispanic senator, praised Biden’s eventual decision to effectively shut down the border in 2024, but acknowledged it was too late.<\/p>\n

MARK KELLY EYES 2028 WHITE HOUSE RUN WHILE FIGHTING TRUMP DEMOTION THREAT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“This should have been a moment of vindication \u2014 after all, American voters were demanding action on the border \u2014 but it was too late, and images of an out-of-control border would dominate the closing months of the presidential election<\/a>,” he wrote, per Politico.<\/p>\n

Salazar also revealed in his book, titled “Borderlands: My Fight For An Inclusive America,” that he’s been giving out advice to potential Democratic presidential candidates<\/a>, pitching them on his “borderlands platform,” an immigration policy that he says acknowledges the U.S. immigration system is broken and “must be fixed,” according to Politico.<\/p>\n

He has already met with Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly<\/a> and Ruben Gallego, both Democrats, and plans to meet with Illinois’ Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker<\/span>, Politico reported.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital contacted Salazar, Pritzker, Gallego and Kelly for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/former-biden-ambassador-considered-running-border-mess-bashes-kamala-new-book <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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