Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Monday that he plans on forcing a vote in the Senate to see if Democrats have any real interest in dealing with the crisis at the border. As The Daily Caller reports:

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday he will be forcing a vote in the Senate to see if Democrats have any interest in fixing the humanitarian crisis at the border.

McConnell said he plans on bringing up a deal for a vote next week in order to get Democrats on the record for either blocking or supporting Republicans’ demands to fix the crisis at the border. McConnell says he thinks it is important the American people see who votes against solving the problem for political reasons.

“I’m going to bring it up freestanding next week and see if they really aren’t interested in dealing with this massive humanity that we have to take care of at the border,” McConnell said on Fox & Friends. “What’s the objection? This is not about the wall but about the humanitarian crisis.”

This comes after the Kentucky Republican praised President Donald Trump on Tuesday for threatening to apply tariffs to Mexico after speaking out against the move last week.

It will be interesting to see if Democrats actually work with the Senate majority leader to try and find a practical solution at the border, or if they are simply more interested in using the issue as a way to score cheap political points on Republicans.

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