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Shell_Seas

(3,471 posts)
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 07:54 PM Jan 2024

Has Greg Abbott Gone Mad With Power?

Greg Abbott's fact-challenged statement echoes cries of the past as his political theater has overstepped the law and the Supreme Court.

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/has-greg-abbott-gone-mad-with-power



Yesterday, Greg Abbott issued an alarming statement. It was full of mistruths, and the language used came directly from South Carolina’s 1860 declaration of secession.

Let’s fact-check this.

The “broken the compact between the United States and the States” is similar to the words in South Carolina’s 1860 declaration of secession.

There are no immigration laws in the book that Biden refuses to follow. In fact, he’s following the same laws we’ve had in place for 44 years under the Refugee Act of 1980 and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.

If an asylum seeker wants to ask for asylum, they have to do it on American soil. So, crossing the Rio Grande and asking border patrol for asylum is perfectly legal.

In November, the Cato Institute published a study which found that migrants were more likely to be released by Trump than Biden.

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Has Greg Abbott Gone Mad With Power? (Original Post) Shell_Seas Jan 2024 OP
He can't be President, so he's going to content himself... dchill Jan 2024 #1
Shots across the bow. Drum Jan 2024 #2
No. It's a calculated move to gain strength in MAGA. They have learned enough Jan 2024 #3
He's always been like this. TwilightZone Jan 2024 #4
Abbott is trying to set up Biden. Irish_Dem Jan 2024 #5
Yes Picaro Jan 2024 #6
Strange how he doesn't mention this was a Supreme Court decision dflprincess Jan 2024 #7
Oh sure it was. Ligyron Jan 2024 #10
Nah, he's just mad. Period. lastlib Jan 2024 #8
This is the most scared I've been since the run up to Jan 6 duhneece Jan 2024 #9
Greg Abbott is a monster... cruelty is his only talent... Trueblue Texan Jan 2024 #11
And interference from drumpf Mr.Bee Jan 2024 #12
Yes. Next question. niyad Jan 2024 #13
The power in our red state... surfered Jan 2024 #14
"When I was President, we had the most secure Border in History," wrote Trump. Mr.Bee Jan 2024 #15
He needs to be arrested immediately relayerbob Jan 2024 #16
He's just gone mad dlk Jan 2024 #17

enough

(13,461 posts)
3. No. It's a calculated move to gain strength in MAGA. They have learned
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 08:02 PM
Jan 2024

that every move has to be more extreme than the last. This is not madness.

TwilightZone

(28,834 posts)
4. He's always been like this.
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 08:13 PM
Jan 2024

Grandstanding like this is all he's ever done in his political career. When he was AG, all he did was file lawsuits against the Obama administration all day every day and then brag about it.

Irish_Dem

(58,939 posts)
5. Abbott is trying to set up Biden.
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 08:23 PM
Jan 2024

Hoping to get Biden to do something stupid to hurt his re-election chances.

Very fortunately Joe Biden has been around the block and is too smart to fall for silly tricks.

Picaro

(1,835 posts)
6. Yes
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 08:50 PM
Jan 2024

I live here. He has lost his fucking mind. This is getting scary and dangerous very quickly.

dflprincess

(28,509 posts)
7. Strange how he doesn't mention this was a Supreme Court decision
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 08:52 PM
Jan 2024

Biden has nothing to do with it.

duhneece

(4,255 posts)
9. This is the most scared I've been since the run up to Jan 6
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 09:09 PM
Jan 2024

…just a little more than 3 years ago I was scared of what we were hearing-here in Otero County NM, Couy ‘Cowboys for Trump’ Griffin announced proudly his plans to go to the Capitol ‘for freedom’ and he said which firearms he was taking… he was County Commissioner then.
I can imagine the many violent right-wingers who would be willing to drive to the border and kill.

Trueblue Texan

(2,975 posts)
11. Greg Abbott is a monster... cruelty is his only talent...
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 09:11 PM
Jan 2024

...you can tell he's feeling neglected and needs attention when he tries to outshine the bigger, shinier monsters in the world.

surfered

(3,552 posts)
14. The power in our red state...
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 09:19 PM
Jan 2024

…is the same rabid base of Trump supporters who always vote in the primary. Abbott always, always plays to them.

In the summer of 2015, the US Army held Special Ops war games of small groups of either occupying or resistance forces in rural areas including Texas.

The right wing fever swamp claimed this was the beginning of an invasion orchestrated by President Obama to confiscate people’s guns. Crazy, right?

To placate the crazies, Gov Abbott publicly ordered the Commander of the Texas National Guard to keep him apprised of the situation, lending credit to this crazy conspiracy theory, just to stay in the good graces of these crazy right wing conspiracists.

Mr.Bee

(393 posts)
15. "When I was President, we had the most secure Border in History," wrote Trump.
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 09:21 PM
Jan 2024

trump had so many crossing the border he had to capture and hide them all in concentration malls.

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