Two weeks after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Republican lawmakers tanked the bipartisan US border package, House Speaker Mike Johnson is insisting that a border control proposal — which GOP lawmakers say they want — is an “election year gimmick” being pushed by Democrats. Punchbowl News’ Jake Sherman shared a statement Johnson issued Thursday via X (formerly Twitter), which read, “House Republicans have been sounding the alarm about the catastrophic effects of President Biden’s open border policies since he began his term… He has thus far ignored my demands, and the pleas …