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If local authorities are usurping the explicitly enumerated powers of the Federal Government, it's time to federalize the Texas National Guard.
It really is. And in the context of what Abbot is doing, it is 100% legally justified at this point.
The incredibly shitty part is that, despite the unambiguous legality of such a hypothetical move, Biden won’t do it, because Abbot might actually use that as a political wedge. Which would be incredibly idiotic in the context of “America continuing to exist” - especially if the TXNG leadership decides to throw in with Abbot, which would effectively kick off a second civil war (which might start “cold”, but almost certainly wouldn’t end that way).
We're already in a cold civil war and abbot already uses this as a wedge. So nothing would actually change.
And then when the commanding general will refuse the order and declare that they serve the Texas Governor, we would have official made Season 1 of Designated Survivor a reality but with a whole fuck of a lot less actual controversy and catastrophe. Just shows how fragile conservatives are when they don’t get their way
Stop paying them. Remove their rank and all support. Courts martial them.
Biden could solve this problem by making the existing border crossings easier/faster. Last time I was in Mexico it two 3 hours to get back into the US. Border agents could work much faster. Mexicans - like humans everywhere - are mostly nice people. IF congress won't fund more border control then just metrics for how long the line is on the agents "scan the passport, you look like the picture, no red flags in the computer so I need to keep this line moving: NEXT". Just making the legal border crossing easier would make a big difference.
If they want to be in texas so bad we should swing through New Mexico and take them there.
I can't believe that people are still trying to cross the border there.
Guess it's time for my daily comment that Biden won't do shit because the only true crime to dems is hurting faschie feels.
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