Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday proclaimed that the Lone Star State’s right to self-defense “supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary” amid a feud with the Biden administration over border security.
Abbott’s statement of defiance comes on the heels of a standoff over razor wire the state has laid across the US-Mexico border despite a US Supreme Court ruling permitting the federal government to remove that barrier.
“Visionaries who wrote the U.S. Constitution foresaw that states should not be left to the mercy of a lawless president who does nothing to stop external threats like cartels smuggling millions of illegal immigrants across the border,” Abbott said.
The Lone Star State Republican argued that because the federal government has failed to safeguard Texas from an invasion, the state has the “constitutional authority to defend” itself.
“That authority is the supreme law of the land and supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary,” Abbott stressed.
Sorry Greg, but even a third-rate lawyer would know that the Constitution grants sole authority to the Federal government on matters of immigration.
Why do you and the obiden administration want the razor wire cut to open the border 8:44? Even a third rate lawyer knows the constitution supports closed borders. You’re getting desperate now and know you really really need more votes. Trump will crush you idiots and cheating will be impossible to hide.
Need Razor wire at the prison Biden will be in soon !!!!!!! GITMO
Governor Hot Wheels just wants attention.
Really? Or maybe he is trying to protect his constituents. Turn a blind eye all you want. But our border is wide open and I see nothing but young single men coming across. You’re ignorance is astounding.
7:58……………..You are wise beyond your years! I completely agree with you!!!
Supersedes Traitors like Biden & SCOTUS !!!!!!!
Too bad there aren’t more goveners and politicians like him. The country would be a lot better and safer
Lock n load
Progressives want a war
Let’s give it to them
Most young people forget or never learned that the states created the federal government. Not the other way around. States rights are always intended to supersede federal powers.