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Arrest Texas Governor Greg Abbott for murder NOW! (Original Post) AntivaxHunters Aug 2023 OP
Isn't that against some kind international law? nt doc03 Aug 2023 #1
Hand him over to The Hague. GreenWave Aug 2023 #2
Yes obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #7
He's repub, laws dont apply Eliot Rosewater Aug 2023 #36
Republicans consider them animals. keithbvadu2 Aug 2023 #3
May Jesus have mercy on this pathetic man's soul. ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2023 #4
I hope Abbot fries in hell and comes back in his next life as a migrant who gets trapped in those kimbutgar Aug 2023 #5
As Leona Helmsley said "laws are for little people." People like Agent Orange and Abbott never get AZLD4Candidate Aug 2023 #6
She actually said that taxes were for little people, but I get what you mean. OMGWTF Aug 2023 #17
Never cared much for the term, 'migrant.' Mr. Evil Aug 2023 #8
What a fucking psychopath! Initech Aug 2023 #9
He symbolizes the entire Republican party as it is now! ananda Aug 2023 #18
It gets worse every single day. Initech Aug 2023 #22
And they'll get worse as they keep losing. calimary Aug 2023 #38
I know. It's just insane, as the world burns around us! ananda Aug 2023 #41
Abbott, DeSantis, and Trump are the Three headed monster of the modern Republiklan Party AZLD4Candidate Aug 2023 #46
This is horrible. yardwork Aug 2023 #10
There is going to be a reckoning for this at some point, slightlv Aug 2023 #11
Maybe one of the cartels will get him. wnylib Aug 2023 #33
Another true sociopath. The list grows long. Evolve Dammit Aug 2023 #12
It seems, there is no low for these people. Jay25 Aug 2023 #13
It is past time Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 #14
Being in a deep red part of a red state most people I know doc03 Aug 2023 #15
Sick Bastard damifino10 Aug 2023 #16
Welcome to DU, damifino10! calimary Aug 2023 #39
Welcome to our DU family. niyad Aug 2023 #42
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 #48
Why doesn't the Federal government just go in and rip that shit out? dem4decades Aug 2023 #19
I imagine we will find out Captain Zero Aug 2023 #30
since the US wont do it id like to see mexico issue a warrant for his arrest moonshinegnomie Aug 2023 #20
+1,000 malaise Aug 2023 #21
Thou shall not kill. onecaliberal Aug 2023 #23
My thoughts exactly, same phrase. I am horrified anew. txwhitedove Aug 2023 #26
Situational Christianity. paleotn Aug 2023 #37
I LIKE that, paleotn! "Situational Christianity." calimary Aug 2023 #40
Nope. Fake, loser, liars. They are never Christian. They have no heart or brains. onecaliberal Aug 2023 #43
horrible!! BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2023 #24
The GOP is flooding the zone with the unthinkable to take permanent control. PufPuf23 Aug 2023 #25
Wish we could go really old school and demonstrate some Hammurabi justice on Abbot & Attilatheblond Aug 2023 #27
There's got to be a booby trap law in TX that covers this. N/t SpankMe Aug 2023 #28
There are plenty of humane animal trap laws in Tx. nt Ilsa Aug 2023 #35
May he, and his enablers, receive everything they deserve. niyad Aug 2023 #29
From whom? dem4decades Aug 2023 #31
Imagine the type of cruel, soulless creep that came up with this idea democrank Aug 2023 #32
Murder is a state charge. It will never happen. paleotn Aug 2023 #34
I think he's making them SO AWFUL that the Feds will have to step in TexasBushwhacker Aug 2023 #44
THEY ARE serrated metal plates that LOOK LIKE circular saw blades (from NPR) IcyPeas Aug 2023 #45
Throw him on those buoys nt drmeow Aug 2023 #47
Monster! sellitman Aug 2023 #49

GreenWave

(12,641 posts)
2. Hand him over to The Hague.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 05:17 PM
Aug 2023

He may eventually meet Jack Smith over there, if he gets done here.

kimbutgar

(27,248 posts)
5. I hope Abbot fries in hell and comes back in his next life as a migrant who gets trapped in those
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 06:06 PM
Aug 2023

Bouys.

I know it’s a fantasy but nothing wrong with wishing for karmic payback for these POS’s.

AZLD4Candidate

(6,780 posts)
6. As Leona Helmsley said "laws are for little people." People like Agent Orange and Abbott never get
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 06:09 PM
Aug 2023

held for their crimes. Laws and punishment are for little people.

It's a big club, and you ain't in it. You and I are not part of the big club.

Initech

(108,783 posts)
9. What a fucking psychopath!
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 06:16 PM
Aug 2023

Fuck Greg Abbott and his Christian right enablers. They have blood on their hands. If there is a hell, it waits for them.

ananda

(35,145 posts)
18. He symbolizes the entire Republican party as it is now!
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 07:16 PM
Aug 2023

Cruelty and authoritarianism on steroids.

Initech

(108,783 posts)
22. It gets worse every single day.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 07:31 PM
Aug 2023

It's like every day the MAGAs are causing some new fresh hell. First it's banning books, or banning entire classes, Ron Desantis' insane feud with Disney, the WGA strike, now it's murdering migrants at the border. Where does it end?

AZLD4Candidate

(6,780 posts)
46. Abbott, DeSantis, and Trump are the Three headed monster of the modern Republiklan Party
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 09:47 PM
Aug 2023

I refuse to say Three Stooges. They were all insanely talented, funny AF, and good NE liberal Jewish Democrats.

slightlv

(7,790 posts)
11. There is going to be a reckoning for this at some point,
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 06:37 PM
Aug 2023

I just hope it comes sooner rather than later. This is more than a crime; it's a mortal sin. It should be an international outrage. I know the DOJ has its hands full right now with *rump cases, and is also helping the ICC with war crimes in Ukraine. But they'd better be assigning someone to do something about Abbott. There is so much wrong here. He's not only committing murder, he's violating Federal Law, the Constitution, and International Boundaries (I believe), as well as eviscerating animal migration patterns, some of which are endangered. I know, nothing is as shocking as what he's doing to those poor people... but I'm just saying he could be facing as many charges as *rump, only on different codes.

We need to clone Jack Smith. Does this country only have one hero for these times? (and please, please, please, let him continue to be our hero!)

wnylib

(26,014 posts)
33. Maybe one of the cartels will get him.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 08:10 PM
Aug 2023

They are just as despicable, but it would be karma.

doc03

(39,086 posts)
15. Being in a deep red part of a red state most people I know
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 07:04 PM
Aug 2023

are MAGAs, they are alright with this. I have heard far worse things from them. Everything
from shooting, land mines and piranhas.

calimary

(90,021 posts)
39. Welcome to DU, damifino10!
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 08:33 PM
Aug 2023

Certainly seems like it, 'eh?

But I can't remember any criminality THIS bad or THIS extreme or THIS arrogant from ANYBODY, and I can remember back to Nixon - and even before him.

dem4decades

(14,057 posts)
19. Why doesn't the Federal government just go in and rip that shit out?
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 07:22 PM
Aug 2023

Would they allow machine gun nests and pillboxes?

moonshinegnomie

(4,021 posts)
20. since the US wont do it id like to see mexico issue a warrant for his arrest
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 07:27 PM
Aug 2023

issue an interpol red notice,then the US will arrest him and extradite him to mexico.

and then maybe they will put him in a hot box in the desert....

paleotn

(22,218 posts)
37. Situational Christianity.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 08:29 PM
Aug 2023

Christian when the mood strikes. Otherwise, not so much. Thou shalt nots are for the "little people."

PufPuf23

(9,852 posts)
25. The GOP is flooding the zone with the unthinkable to take permanent control.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 07:40 PM
Aug 2023

What kind of person supports Abbott?

The USA is in serious trouble.

Attilatheblond

(8,877 posts)
27. Wish we could go really old school and demonstrate some Hammurabi justice on Abbot &
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 07:47 PM
Aug 2023

the Texas GOP sadists.

democrank

(12,598 posts)
32. Imagine the type of cruel, soulless creep that came up with this idea
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 08:03 PM
Aug 2023

Circular saws. Razor wire’s cousin. Absolutely sickening.

paleotn

(22,218 posts)
34. Murder is a state charge. It will never happen.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 08:12 PM
Aug 2023

Just like Jessup County Mississippi in the 1960's, he'll never be charged and even if he was, he'd never be convicted even as an accessory. But like Jessup County Mississippi, violation of civil rights perhaps? That's federal.

TexasBushwhacker

(21,204 posts)
44. I think he's making them SO AWFUL that the Feds will have to step in
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 09:11 PM
Aug 2023

Then he can say, "It's not my fault. I tried."

IcyPeas

(25,475 posts)
45. THEY ARE serrated metal plates that LOOK LIKE circular saw blades (from NPR)
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 09:19 PM
Aug 2023
It's anchored to the shallow water with thick cables and concrete bases, and there are serrated metal plates that look like circular saw blades between each buoy to deter anyone from climbing over it.


https://www.npr.org/2023/08/06/1192388452/a-visit-to-the-floating-border-wall-installed-by-texas-gov-greg-abbott

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