Border battle lines: Dems call on Biden to seize control of Texas National Guard, as GOP allies back Abbott
Governors from Florida and Oklahoma proclaim their support for Texas as Democrats call on President Biden to seize control of the Texas National Guard amid southern border crisis.
The last time southern states banded together to fight federal overreach didn’t turn out so well. Let’s hope biden's skinsuit deflates before it comes to blows between him and abbott.
Edit - Abbott has declared an “invasion”, apparently superseding any federal statutes:
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-issues-statement-on-texas-constitutional-right-to-self-defense
Should have declared it an invasion a long time ago, but maybe Abbott and Texas NatGuard were testing the waters with the razor wire. Now that even the useless Supreme Court is against states taking matters into their own hands because it "interferes" with the BP not doing their job, he's going to go around them.
Slow escalation in a case like this is best, and I've been pleasantly surprised that Abbot has actually been, y'know, escalating.
Illegal immigration is stupidly unpopular to a degree many don't realize. Depending on what the Fed does, I could see this going in many different directions.