Gov. Abbott asks for private donations to bus migrants to D.C. after criticism for using taxpayer $$

[LetMyPeopleVote]

This was a stupid stunt that flopped

Link to tweet

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/28/texas-migrants-bus-washington-dc/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1651506081&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

On Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott appeared on Fox News touting a program he’s been pushing for weeks — sending migrants who enter into Texas to Washington, D.C., by charter bus.

But this time, Abbott asked Texans to personally contribute their own money to pay for the trips.

The decision to crowdfund the free bus trips for migrants is a new development from when he initially announced on April 6 that it would be paid for by Texas taxpayers. At the time, Abbott proudly presented the trips as a tough-on-immigration act of defiance against the Biden administration.

But the shift to ask private donors to pay for the charter buses comes as his plan has been increasingly praised as an act of generosity by Democrats, immigration rights groups and even the migrants who rode the buses, while those further to Abbott’s right politically have panned it as a misuse of taxpayer dollars that incentivizes migrants to cross into Texas.

“Congratulations to Governor Abbott,” Texas Rep. Gene Wu said Tuesday in a tweet. “Word will be passed from community to community that if you can just get to Texas, the Governor there will pay for your transportation anywhere in the USA.”

Thank you State Rep. Gene Wu for your comments

[Claire Oh Nette]

1. Is this a voluntary tax?

Republicans are NOT better on the economy, and Abbott is Exhibit A.

This is what the Democrats need to campaign on. It's the economy....