As the border surge continues to escalate amid increasing scrutiny, one Democrat is publicly criticizing the administration for how it handled its messaging on immigration, as well as the situation itself. The White House and the Biden administration have repeatedly refused to use the word “crisis” when describing the historical increase of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S-Mexico border. Reporters have in recent weeks been pressing the administration on this. In an interview with CNN, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) went further than the administration by describing the situation at the border as a catastrophe. “Whatever message was sent—it was sure interpreted the wrong way,” Manchin told the outlet, referring to the Biden administration. “It’s a crisis—oh it’s a crisis.” Manchin’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Epoch Times. The senator appears to be the first major Democratic lawmaker to have broken rank from his party to call the border surge a …