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In a show of solidarity, 25 Republican governors released a joint statement supporting Texas in its ongoing fight with the federal government to secure the border.
It’s difficult to get 25 politicians to agree on something in today’s tense political environment, but the Biden administration’s lawless behavior has pushed them to band together to send a clear message: The time for inaction is over.
“President Biden and his administration have left Americans and our country completely vulnerable to the unprecedented illegal immigration pouring across the southern border,” the statement read.
The governors argue that instead of upholding the rule of law and protecting the border, the White House has refused to “protect American citizens from historic levels of illegal immigrants, deadly drugs like fentanyl, and terrorists entering our country.”
“We stand in solidarity with our fellow governor, Greg Abbott, and the State of Texas in using every tool and strategy, including barbed wire fences, to secure the border,” they add.
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Governors’ joint statement defending Texas agrees: Biden is ‘lawless’
The governors’ joint statement in support of Texas goes on to echo Governor Greg Abbott’s statement on the “right to self-defense.”
Abbott says declaring a border invasion the way he has allows Texas to invoke “constitutional authority to defend and protect itself.”
“The framers of the United States Constitution made it clear that in times such as these, the States have the right of self-defense under Article 4, Section 4 and Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States” , say the governors.
“Because the Biden administration has abdicated its constitutional duties to the states, Texas has every legal justification to protect the sovereignty of our states and our nation,” they continue.
The only two Republican governors whose names do not appear in the joint statement supporting Texas are Abbott (as he supports his actions) and Vermont Governor Phil Scott.
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The cavalry is coming
President Biden has not simply decided to avoid doing anything to control the situation at the border: he has actively pursued efforts to keep it open.
When Arizona tried to create a makeshift border wall out of shipping containers, it sued to have them removed. Likewise, when Texas began installing barbed wire, it brought in border agents and cut the openings, then asked the Supreme Court to grant it permission to continue doing so.
Biden is actively aiding the invasion.
This joint letter of support for Texas from nearly every Republican governor in the country is not the only sign that the cavalry is preparing to defend the Lone Star State.
Former President Donald Trump took to social media to issue a call to any state governors willing to deploy their National Guardsmen to the state of Texas to prevent the entry of “illegals” and send them back across the border.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democrat who has launched an independent bid for president, also sided with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
“Biden’s failure to secure the border leaves states no choice but to take matters into their own hands,” Kennedy wrote on social media, later adding: “A country without borders is no country at all.”
The need for clear borders was something Democrats agreed on. That is, until they realized they could simply import new voters to help gain or maintain power.
Abbott and the Texas National Guard said they will continue to “hold the line” against the federal government despite the recent Supreme Court ruling.
Now they have Trump, a Kennedy and 25 governors right next to them.
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