Posted on 12/29/2022 9:14:45 PM PST by Fiji Hill
Former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon railed against Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday, calling the Texas Republican "gutless" for busing migrants to Washington, D.C., in below-freezing temperatures on Christmas Eve.
Abbott has come under fire in recent months over the Lone Star State's practice of redirecting asylum-seekers and undocumented immigrants to cities run by Democrats. Liberals have long blasted the move as a "cruel" act of political theater, but the governor is now receiving criticism from some within his own party.
Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, slammed Abbott on Thursday in a post on the right-wing social media site Gettr.
"Abbott needs to stop busing illegal aliens into the interior of America and start shipping them BACK to the interior of Mexico... simple .. more gutless Republican Establishment shuffle..." Bannon wrote.
Over the weekend, critics sharply condemned Abbott after migrants were dropped off outside Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris' home on Christmas Eve. The White House issued a scathing statement about the busing, saying that Abbott had "abandoned children on the side of the road in below freezing temperatures." Mp> "As we have repeatedly said, we are willing to work with anyone—Republican or Democrat alike—on real solutions, like the comprehensive immigration reform and border security measures President Biden sent to Congress on his first day in office, but these political games accomplish nothing and only put lives in danger," a White House spokesperson said in the statement.
Abbott wished his social media followers a merry Christmas via tweet on December 25. However, the post attracted blowback as detractors blamed him for the previous day's bus stunt. ,p> For his part, Abbott's office has gone on the defensive and accused the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden of hypocrisy. Renae Eze, a spokesperson for the Texas governor, claimed that the passengers had signed waivers "available in multiple languages upon boarding that they agreed on the destination."
"Instead of their hypocritical complaints about Texas providing much-needed relief to our overrun and overwhelmed border communities, President Biden and Border Czar Harris need to step up and do their jobs to secure the border—something they continue failing to do," Eze reportedly said.
Bannon may not be a fan of Abbott, but he's previously praised other GOP efforts to ship migrants to Democratic-led areas.
In September, the conservative firebrand heralded Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as a "national leader" after the latter directed planes of migrants to Martha's Vineyard.
Over the weekend, critics sharply condemned Abbott after migrants were dropped off outside Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris' home on Christmas Eve. The White House issued a scathing statement about the busing, saying that Abbott had "abandoned children on the side of the road in below freezing temperatures."
"As we have repeatedly said, we are willing to work with anyone—Republican or Democrat alike—on real solutions, like the comprehensive immigration reform and border security measures President Biden sent to Congress on his first day in office, but these political games accomplish nothing and only put lives in danger," a White House spokesperson said in the statement.
Abbott wished his social media followers a merry Christmas via tweet on December 25. However, the post attracted blowback as detractors blamed him for the previous day's bus stunt.
For his part, Abbott's office has gone on the defensive and accused the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden of hypocrisy. Renae Eze, a spokesperson for the Texas governor, claimed that the passengers had signed waivers "available in multiple languages upon boarding that they agreed on the destination."
"Instead of their hypocritical complaints about Texas providing much-needed relief to our overrun and overwhelmed border communities, President Biden and Border Czar Harris need to step up and do their jobs to secure the border—something they continue failing to do," Eze reportedly said.
Bannon may not be a fan of Abbott, but he's previously praised other GOP efforts to ship migrants to Democratic-led areas.
In September, the conservative firebrand heralded Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as a "national leader" after the latter directed planes of migrants to Martha's Vineyard.
How about the buses transport them to some place where they are never seen again.
Bannon seems to like all of those wonderful illegal aliens who just come here for a better life.
Where can we go for a better life now that they’ve ruined our lives?
“Senora Harris, donde son las Breakfast Tacos y Reparations? Reparations from the free labor of our Grandfathers?
....Oh, and por favor, would you happen to have a spare joint in your nighttable? We saw the video of you laughing about getting high with Rappers.”
Abbot is cleaning the Texas house and throwing out the trash
Make Harris do something useful with buden’s illegals.
Abbott is owned by the cartel. He’s not sending anyone back south.
I would suggest that the reality is that Joe Biden is the one owned by the Cartels. It is Biden and not Abbot that has destroyed the southern border and continues to fight 24/7 to keep it open
“It’s illegal for him to ship them back across the border”
But it’s legal — literally his job — to protect his state from invaders. Can he shoot them? Seriously... what CAN he do? Walls work in some places, but there aren’t walls everywhere. Did he even try to put up walls?
Note: He’s not on our side. Just as W Bush wasn’t on our side. If the cartel owns the pols in border states, we’re pretty much helpless.
Back in 2001 someone from TX posted on FR that W was in bed with the cartel running drugs into the USA. True? IDK.
Bannon told us the Dems would be wiped out for generations in the last election... nice prediction Steve.
I agree. This is just injecting them further into our country.
“Bannon should know better. It’s illegal for him to ship them back across the border”
Then we have a contradiction in the Constitution, as the Constitution gives the states the right to repel invasions.
It is bringing visibility to a horrid situation. The MSM can’t ignore this busing. More buses. Abbott do you need drivers?
“I would suggest that the reality is that Joe Biden is the one owned by the Cartels.”
If course he is. That goes without saying. It’s not an either-or situation. You think he’s the only one?
Actually, it’s not.
If they present themselves to the border patrol, ask for asylum, get processed and are released they aren’t illegal. They’re temporarily safe until their cases are adjudicated.
Shared burden is a consequence of membership. You haven’t any idea how bad it will get. Texas has been taking it for 2 years. Here come your share, fellow American.
They are screaming about it. Bringing more attention to the border problem.
Tell Bannon that the busing of migrants to the front yards of the liberals is the one thing that is finally getting ABC, CBS, NBS etc ad nauseam, to acknowledge that there is actually a problem, that large numbers of unknowns being dumped into the country is unsustainable.
So keep it up.
Unfortunately, only the Feds are legally authorized to deport migrants once they cross the border. I sure wish it was otherwise. There’s a movement underway to legally authorized states to deport migrants, but there’s ZERO chance of it becoming law under the current administration.
Hmmm...... I have not gone person tp person to person to make a judgement.
Your suspicion that there might be others is probably correct. Biden is the face shown to the public
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