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Tickle

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20. 25 states with Republican governors sign letter supporting Texas in border control fight: What to know
Fri Jan 26, 2024, 04:13 PM
Jan 2024
https://news.yahoo.com/25-states-republican-governors-sign-173041938.html
Almost all of the U.S. Republican governors have signed on a statement backing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in his bitter fight against the federal government over border control.

The statement released Thursday on the Republican Governors Association website criticized the Biden Administration and said the state of Texas has the constitutional right to defend itself. This week, Texas officials and the Department of Homeland Security sparred over barbed wire along the Rio Grande. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal agents can cut through the razor wire the state installed to deter people from crossing.

“We stand in solidarity with our fellow Governor, Greg Abbott, and the State of Texas in utilizing every tool and strategy, including razor wire fences, to secure the border," the letter, signed by 25 Republican governors. "Because the Biden Administration has abdicated its constitutional compact duties to the states,


Like I've been saying this is not going to end well for ANYBODY unless someone can find a medium ground

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Send in the psychiatrists bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 #1
GOD does not agree............................... Lovie777 Jan 2024 #2
That's some weapons-grade delusion right there. TwilightZone Jan 2024 #3
There's lots of money to be made underpants Jan 2024 #12
Yeah, it's a shame they have had to live through this terrible Biden economy Walleye Jan 2024 #15
That's rather presumptuous of them. eShirl Jan 2024 #4
Sad thing is they are NOT peacemakers, but merchants of death MagickMuffin Jan 2024 #5
I hope something goes wrong for them. LiberalFighter Jan 2024 #6
Peacemakers?! Like the gun, I guess Easterncedar Jan 2024 #7
They are welcome to a People's Crusade(1096) outcome if they wish it... RockRaven Jan 2024 #8
More like a children's crusade I think Walleye Jan 2024 #16
I wonder if these morons know... Dulcinea Jan 2024 #9
Tell them their Savior returned, but was drowned after getting entangled in barb wire at the border. Midnight Writer Jan 2024 #10
Abbott is responsible for this-just like Trump is responsible for Jan 6. He needs to call off his riversedge Jan 2024 #11
I'm sure Abbott is persuaded by this argument. (Sarcasm) triron Jan 2024 #13
The same God who said to welcome the stranger? Qutzupalotl Jan 2024 #14
"...besieged on all sides by dark forces of evil..." Buns_of_Fire Jan 2024 #17
I'm sure the Maga could convince people to hate Jesus Christ Walleye Jan 2024 #18
These people are not wealthy. Who is paying them? PSPS Jan 2024 #19
25 states with Republican governors sign letter supporting Texas in border control fight: What to know Tickle Jan 2024 #20
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