Biden warns that Republicans 'will see some lightning' if they don't act on immigration. Biden: GOP to see 'Lord' or lightning

Vice President Joe Biden challenged Republicans to “see the Lord” or the “lightning” in regard to immigration reform during a speech he made at a reception for Hispanic Heritage month.

“I’m not offering any false hope about what they’ll do between now and the election, but … I can tell you, when this election [is] over in the lame-duck session, they may see the Lord. It is possible. But if they don’t, they will see some lightning,” Biden said on Monday at the fifth Hispanic Heritage month reception, according to White House press pool reports.


Biden spoke to a crowd of “leading members, advocates and educators from the Hispanic American community” focused on education within Hispanic communities, according to the pool report. The event was hosted at the Bidens’ Naval Observatory residence in Washington.

Biden promised the audience that if Congress does not act on passing immigration reform, President Barack Obama would take “an awful lot” of actions to address the situation. In doing so, he warned Republicans that if the party could not act on immigration reform, it would face extinction.

“I know you’re all waiting and you’re frustrated,” Biden said. “Watch when this election is over, watch what happens when all of a sudden our friends in the other team realize their prospects for future electoral success hinge upon acting rationally.”

He continued, “They will either act rationally, or we will act for them, and if we have to act for them, they will not be around a whole long longer to act in large numbers.”