In the article, titled, The Crisis at the Border, Congressman Roger Williams of the 25thDistrict of Texas argues that there is a crisis at the border and that the US Congress has failed to respond to the crisis, specifically blaming Democrats. It is fairly clear that his audience is his own party. He already starts the assumption that the border issue is a crisis. When it comes to credibility, it isn’t really an issue of whether he is credible or not. He is a politician, so he will simply say what his constituents want of him. Whether it is right or not, that’s a question of content. It is hard to place credibility on ideology, that’s simply his belief, if we knew where he got his facts, maybe we could look at his credibility. I would be inclined to disagree with him, however he provides very little logic or facts and simply blames democrats with no basis. Furthermore, it doesn’t sound like logic is involved at all. He even makes the statement that he is willing to support, ANY proposal Trump would bring. That’s a very broad invitation, you have to wonder if he has any kind of opinion of his own. Even the most damning number he provides works to his disadvantage. He says over 300,000 people were detained at ports of entry. If the border patrol is detaining people at the border that sounds like they’re doing their job and no other proposals are necessary based on his argument. It is clear he is making statements just to play on emotions. To say that “democrats hate the president more than they love their country has so many flaws with it.” It is a one liner that perhaps a young conservative would cling to and think is brilliant, but in reality, it is completely absurd to generalize an entire ideology that has an extensive spectrum within itself. There are numerous flaws but it is perhaps better to summarize it by saying that it is very opinion based.