Texas Governor May Declare 'Invasion'

[babylonsister]

Could this be a new strategery to win the Hispanic vote?

https://politicalwire.com/2022/05/02/texas-governor-may-declare-invasion/

Texas Governor May Declare ‘Invasion’
May 2, 2022 at 7:53 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 6 Comments

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) “has discussed enforcing greater state authority over control of the border, allowing state police to arrest and deport migrants, powers that usually lie with federal agencies,” the Times of London reports.

“To do this, Abbott could declare the migrant crisis an invasion in accordance with an article in the US Constitution which says that individual states cannot engage in war unless they are ‘actually invaded.’”

[GoCubsGo]

1. Oh, yay. Another stunt.

May it blow up in his face. Badly.

[2naSalit]

2. I don't know...

He seems a little desperate.

[pwb]

3. Did another Tree fall on this guy?

Are they armed invaders? No, just another staged event probably for the news talkers.

[OldBaldy1701E]

4. Please PLEASE interfere with federal officers!

I cannot wait to see Abbot's face when federal troops roll in to explain how they are not to be trifled with. Especially when Abbot insanely orders his state officers to attack them... and that loon will try it, I bet you! I know that the idiot has delusions of 1864, but it is past time to put him in his place. Or at least a holding cell.

[dutch777]

5. One wonders where the money for the stunts comes from & what other duties the police are neglecting?

Maybe Biden should pull the BP off the TX border and tell Abbott to have at it if he is so eager to take over. Would be interesting to see Abbott's reaction to that.

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. He had to ask for private donations for his last stunt.

Sending border crossers to Washington.

I read somewhere that the asked for private donations didn’t come through. So now, he’s gonna use state police funds for this stunt?

Wake up, Texans…you’re being robbed.

[Horse with no Name]

9. He cut the budget for other agencies

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/29/greg-abbott-texas-border-mission-funding/

[Cracklin Charlie]

14. What a strange way to govern.

How do they have time to do any real work, if they spend all their time dreaming up “let’s go Brandon” schemes?

It’s all so stupid.

[childfreebychoice]

16. He'll be reelected, so I have no sympathy for them, or floriduh, where desantis will win

By bigger margin than before. Amerikkka...smh

[Emile]

7. So he is admitting Trump never did make a border wall and that

was all bullshit, especially the part where Mexico would pay for it!

[JustAnotherGen]

8. 1. He's evil

and

2. There is no invasion. There is no mass breakthrough at the Southern Border.

[haele]

10. He's already just lost a major Texas/Mexico rail link to New Mexico.

Corpus Christi is screwed, so are all the manufacturing businesses Texas has been trying to lure that need parts made in Mexico.
The Mexican government basically indicated they don't want to deal with a fickle, racist state where the Governor does things for personal political reasons, after the truck inspection stunt Abbott pulled.
New Mexico is going to benefit from Abbott's fu**wittery.

Haele

[Mad_Machine76]

11. Even considering this stunt

is demeaning to the people of Ukraine, who are dealing with a real life-and-death *actual* invasion. Tucker Carlson and other nativists have been talking about the 'border crisis" as though it is an invasion, which is disgusting.

[Aristus]

12. Does calling it an "invasion" make killing migrants legal?

Strange. Polls have lately been showing an uptick in support by the Hispanic community toward the GOP. Is this really going to bolster that support, I wonder?

[Emile]

13. Probably because they're Catholics and anti choice,

be my guess.

[childfreebychoice]

15. Anti choice anti lgbt, and anti illegals. They're in, si to heck with rest trying to get in

This is gonna be big prob for dems. Voter suppression blocking black votes, a few more hispanics turning to rethugs, plus saw poll where rethugs are enjoying 15% swing against child tax credit.

[Mr.Bill]

21. Yes, they are quick to say

"My ancestors came here legally; they can do the same."

Ignorance makes them not realize it was easier to come here legally many years ago than it is now. In some states, their ancestors were there before they even joined the USA. Or, as they say in parts of California, "We didn't cross the border, it crossed us."

[budkin]

19. It will eventually...

He'll just say it's in necessary to "Save America!"

[Irish_Dem]

17. He's jealous of Desantis, so cranking up the performance art.

[heckles65]

18. This is what gets me...

For a couple decades now, the Right has ginned up fears that Europe is being taken over by those awful Muslims. Supposedly within a generation or two, the continent will be one big caliphate and burkas will be the order of the day for all women.

--Why aren't they grateful that the people who want to get into the U.S. are predominately Christian?

[11 Bravo]

20. Hearing Trump described as an "attention whore", Abbott says, "Hold my beer."