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LetMyPeopleVote

(154,538 posts)
Thu Jan 11, 2024, 03:16 PM Jan 2024

Greg Abbott-The only reason Texas law enforcement isn't shooting migrants at the border is Biden DOJ would press charges

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But for the Biden DOJ, Greg would let Texas law enforcement shoot migrants at the border


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Greg Abbott-The only reason Texas law enforcement isn't shooting migrants at the border is Biden DOJ would press charges (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2024 OP
Saying the Quiet Part Deep State Witch Jan 2024 #1
Gee, that's mighty Christian of you, Governor! bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 #2
"If we thought we could get away with it, we would murder all the men women and children coming to apply for asylum." LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2024 #3
Release from the Texas Democratic Party LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2024 #4
Abbott explains why Texas isn't shooting migrants at the border LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2024 #5

Deep State Witch

(11,254 posts)
1. Saying the Quiet Part
Thu Jan 11, 2024, 03:17 PM
Jan 2024

Out loud. That's what they want to do. Take their AR-15's and mow "dem illegals" down the minute they set foot in the river.

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,538 posts)
3. "If we thought we could get away with it, we would murder all the men women and children coming to apply for asylum."
Thu Jan 11, 2024, 04:50 PM
Jan 2024

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,538 posts)
5. Abbott explains why Texas isn't shooting migrants at the border
Fri Jan 12, 2024, 09:40 PM
Jan 2024

Greg is an asshole.



https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/abbott-explains-texas-isnt-shooting-migrants-border-rcna133622

It’s not exactly a secret that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has taken rather aggressive steps to address border crossings in the Lone Star State. But the Republican’s administration has not resorted to literal violence, and as The Texas Tribune reported, the governor has an explanation as to why not.

During a radio interview last week, Gov. Greg Abbott said that Texas has used every tool to control the border short of ordering officers to shoot migrants crossing over illegally, once again drawing concerns about the potential impact of his rhetoric around immigration.


In context, the governor fielded a question from radio host Dana Loesch, a former spokesperson for the National Rifle Association, who asked Abbott about boundaries and legal limits.......

But then the governor went a bit further, taking note of what officials in his state aren’t doing.

“[W]e are deploying every tool and strategy that we possibly can,” Abbott added. “The only thing that we’re not doing is we’re not shooting people who come across the border, because of course, the Biden administration would charge us with murder.


Oh. So in Texas, the GOP governor is refraining from opening fire against unarmed immigrants, not because such violence would be an abhorrent crime, but because he’s concerned the Democratic administration in Washington, D.C., might try to hold the governor of Texas and his administration accountable for such an abhorrent crime
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