The White House discounted a letter signed by Republican governors in support of Gov. Greg Abbott‘s (R-TX) directive at the southern border.

President Joe Biden is locked in a battle with Abbott and House Republican lawmakers over what the administration has claimed are “political stunts” surrounding the immigration debate.

On Thursday, 25 additional Republican governors backed Abbott, specifically his decision to deploy razor wire and mobilize the Texas National Guard to secure the border.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre flipped a question about Abbott’s backers into a familiar critique of House Republicans, whom for days the White House has accused of getting in the way of bipartisan negotiations on border security and additional Ukraine aid in the Senate.

“I would say to them that if they truly want to help with the issue, with the border, with the immigration system, that they need to talk to their — they need to talk to the congressional members, the senators in their states,” she said. “That’s what they need to do. They need to ask them to make sure that they have the resources they need in their respective states to take action, right to actually deal with a broken system.”

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

“The way that we deal with this is legislatively,” Jean-Pierre continued. “The way that we deal with this is for Congress to act, and so that’s what those 25 Republican governors need to do. They really want to help? They really want to assist? They really want to see change with the immigration system? They really want to fix the challenges that we see at the border? Then they should talk to their senators and their congressmen or congresswomen who are in their state. That’s how we get this thing going, and we are appreciative of the senators, right now with Republicans and Democrats, who are doing just that, and we want to come to a bipartisan agreement.”

Friday’s briefing can be seen in full below.