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Related: About this forumGreg 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
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Deep State Witch
(11,316 posts)1. Saying the Quiet Part
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.
bucolic_frolic
(47,365 posts)2. Gee, that's mighty Christian of you, Governor!
LetMyPeopleVote
(155,157 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."
LetMyPeopleVote
(155,157 posts)4. Release from the Texas Democratic Party
LetMyPeopleVote
(155,157 posts)5. Abbott explains why Texas isn't shooting migrants at the border
Greg is an asshole.
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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/abbott-explains-texas-isnt-shooting-migrants-border-rcna133622
Its 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 Republicans administration has not resorted to literal violence, and as The Texas Tribune reported, the governor has an explanation as to why not.
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 arent doing.
[W]e are deploying every tool and strategy that we possibly can, Abbott added. The only thing that were not doing is were 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 hes 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
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 arent doing.
[W]e are deploying every tool and strategy that we possibly can, Abbott added. The only thing that were not doing is were not shooting people who come across the border, because of course, the Biden administration would charge us with murder.
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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 hes 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