Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement on Texas’ constitutional right to defend and protect itself as President Joe Biden continues to attack Texas and refuse to perform his duties to secure the border.

"The Executive Branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting States, including immigration laws on the books right now," reads the statement. "President Biden has instructed his agencies to ignore federal statutes that mandate the detention of illegal immigrants. The failure of the Biden Administration to fulfill the duties imposed by Article IV, § 4 has triggered Article I, § 10, Clause 3, which reserves to this State the right of self-defense. For these reasons, I have already declared an invasion under Article I, § 10, Clause 3 to invoke Texas’s constitutional authority to defend and protect itself. That authority is the supreme law of the land and supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary."

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[–] SkibidiToiletFanAcct@hexbear.net 43 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Biden is making a mistake by not handling this aggressively. might makes right. People see power being exercised, and will naturally assume the person being targeted did something to deserve it. If they arrest him really gently, people will think they're spineless fascists. they're missing an opportunity if they don't do something dramatic with national guard helicopters landing on his lawn.

[–] Dr_Gabriel_Aby@hexbear.net 36 points 9 months ago

Legitimately would still be segregation in the south if the national guard didn’t role in

[–] invo_rt@hexbear.net 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Same shit as the Bundy ranch stand off thing a few years back. Chuds literally pointing guns at the feds and the feds backed down.

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago

Coincidentally, wasn't one of those Bundy freaks also at the Capitol on Jan 6 trying to start shit? So you could even just point to the liberals' own "worst attack on our democracy" and show them that you probably shouldn't tolerate this kind of behaviour, since otherwise they become emboldened and try again.