Livid Backlash As MAGA Officials Blame Biden For Screwworm: 'Did He Build A Time Machine?' [View all]
Source: crooksandliars.com
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) sparked widespread mockery Monday after both appeared on Newsmax to blame former President Joe Biden for the screwworm emergency now threatening Texas cattle — despite the Trump administration's own cuts to the very monitoring programs designed to stop the parasite.
By David Edwards — June 9, 2026
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) sparked widespread mockery Monday after both appeared on Newsmax to blame former President Joe Biden for the screwworm emergency now threatening Texas cattle — despite the Trump administration's own cuts to the very monitoring programs designed to stop the parasite.
Rollins, who oversees the federal response to the first confirmed U.S. screwworm infestation in decades, pointed the finger squarely at her predecessor. "I do think it's important to note that under the last administration, with the massive movement under the open borders policy, the cartels, et cetera, border security — that's when it began to make its way back up toward America," she said, adding that when she took office in February 2025, "obviously not much had been done to push back."
Marshall, a Kansas Republican who sits on the Senate Agriculture Committee, went further. "This is another thing we can thank Joe Biden for," he said, claiming migrants who crossed the southern border "brought this screwworm with them." ..............
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There's also a timeline problem with the blame on Biden. The Biden administration closed ports of entry to cattle from Mexico in November 2024. It was the Trump administration that reopened them in February 2025 — only to shut them down again in May 2025. ..................
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Ted Lieu @tedlieu
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Dear @SecRollins
: You lie. The average life cycle of a Screwworm ranges from 14 to 54 days depending on temperature and humidity.
The trump Administration has been in office over 500 days.
If you can’t accept responsibility, or even apologize for messing up, you need to resign.
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