(The Center Square) – Support continues to pour in for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott from fellow Republican governors who have sent their National Guard troops to Texas. They are also participating in an Emergency Management Assistance Compact with Texas, sending personnel to assist in Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star.
In the face of ongoing threats by the Biden administration to strip Texas of what Abbott says is its constitutional right to defend itself, the governors have vowed to “stand with Texas.”
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, “If President Biden won’t defend us, states will have to defend themselves. Arkansas stands with Texas.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who was among the first to send National Guard troops to Texas, said, “If the Constitution really made states powerless to defend themselves against an invasion, it wouldn’t have been ratified in the first place and Texas would have never joined the union when it did. Texas is upholding the law while Biden is flouting it. Florida will keep assisting Texas with personnel and assets.”
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said, “Enough is enough. Our southern border is in crisis thanks to the Biden administration’s refusal to do their job. Gov. Greg Abbott and the state of Texas have our full support,” saying he would “stand shoulder to shoulder with Gov. Abbott.”
Idaho Gov. Brad Little said he was “united behind Gov. Greg Abbott and the State of Texas.” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, who sent National Guard troops to Texas last year “to stop this invasion,” said, “When the federal government fails, states step in. Iowa stands with Texas.”
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, the state’s former attorney general who sued the Biden administration several times over border policies, said, “Louisiana stands with Texas.
“Enough is enough. We support legal not illegal immigration. We support secure and safe borders, not open border policies that allow criminals, human trafficking and drugs to pour into this country. We stand with Governor Abbott and Texas in reminding the federal government under our constitution, states are still sovereign, and we have the right to protect our citizens.”
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, who last year came to Texas to thank National Guard troops serving there, said their states “stand with Texas.” Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo also said, “Nevada stands with Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott. The Biden Administration has failed to defend the border, and Texas has a constitutional right to self-defense.”
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, said, “As the Biden administration fails miserably to secure the southern border, Americans and our communities are paying the price. Gov. Greg Abbott deserves our thanks for taking action to stop illegal crossings and disrupt drug and human trafficking. North Dakota stands with Texas.”
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who has deployed hundreds of National Guard troops to Texas since 2020, said, “The situation at our country’s southern border is untenable and just keeps getting worse. The Biden Administration’s policy has been a total failure, and we need change now.”
DeWine supports “Texas’ and Abbott’s efforts as a state to stop this border crisis,” he said, adding that “Ohio has stepped up to assist and … will continue to do our part to support Texas and support policies to secure our border.”
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, who has deployed National Guard troops to Texas since 2018, said he supported “Texas’ constitutional right to self-defense in response to the Biden Administration’s continued attacks on their border security efforts. South Carolina has long stood with Texas, and we certainly won’t stop now.”
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who has sent National Guard troops to Texas three times, announced she was going to Texas on Friday “to the warzone at the southern border to stand with Texas and the National Guard and tell them that the nation is with them.”
“This is about our Constitution. This is about us standing united,” she said. South Dakota is “not only with” Texas National Guard troops but “we have continued to be with them for the last several years.” She expressed support for Texas’ self-defense, saying, “We’ll be right there beside them. We’ll do everything we can to make sure that this invasion stops.”
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, who’s sent hundreds of National Guard troops to the border over the last three years, said, “we will continue to offer Texas our strong support. States are playing a powerful role in national security while the federal government fails to act.”
Also expressing support for Texas, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said, “The border is a disaster that continues to spiral out of control. This is not a partisan issue. This is a national security issue. This is a commonsense issue. This is an American issue.”
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said, “Virginia supports Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas’ constitutional right to defend itself.”
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said, “The Biden Administration has turned every state into a border state. We must stop the flow of fentanyl, human trafficking, and criminal activity and secure our border. We support Gov. Greg Abbott and the State of Texas.”
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon said, he is “committed to a secure border, and to supporting states struggling with the ongoing security crisis. Wyoming has offered resources and committed them to this effort. Secure borders prevent criminals and deadly drugs like fentanyl from entering our country and making their way to Wyoming. Wyoming stands in solidarity with Governor Abbott and the State of Texas in utilizing every tool and strategy to secure the border and protect American citizens. We are all border states now.”
“In the face of ongoing threats by the Biden administration to strip Texas of what Abbott says is its constitutional right to defend itself, the governors have vowed to “stand with Texas.””
Just what will it take to stop this treasonous, destructive, treachery of this Democrat Party, the corrupt sock-puppet Joe B. OBiden and the Democrat Party’s administration?
This Democrat Party, the corrupt sock-puppet Joe B. OBiden and the Democrat Party’s administration has become our country’s most destructive and deadliest ENEMY.
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AND why has it taken till NOW< for these governors to come to Abbots defense!
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, “If President Biden won’t defend us, states will have to defend themselves. Arkansas stands with Texas.”
Where is the worthless Republican Party and what are they waiting for ??? Impeach this traitor and charge him with treason !!
Worthless GOP is exactly right Patriot.
Instead of uniting to demand passage of the House bill some GOP senators are as usual siding with Dems who are wholly guilty for the mass invasion of unidentified & unvetted foreign aliens in violation of multiple laws, national security & their constitutional duty to protect & defend citizens of this nation.
There is no excuse for any US govt to allow entry & mandate citizen taxpayer welfare for multi millions of foreign aliens from hostile Socialist, Marxist & Islamic governed nations who would like nothing more than to see our socioeconomic downfall by overwhelming us with millions of foreign speaking, illiterate & unskilled migrants.
Time for a showdown. The US govt is either going to stand with its citizens against unlawful mass migration by foreign aliens or its going to fall under citizen revolt.
Article 1 Section 10 – US Constitution;
“No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace,,,, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.”
No President either, without the consent of Congress shall declare war on another nation, Or His own people without the consent and financial backing of Congress.
“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.–Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies;(Today called American States) and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government.,,,,,,, The history of the present King of Great Britain (Washngton D.C.) is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
“He has refused his Assent to Laws,,,,He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.” (Like states rights to prevent alien invasions)
“For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world” (and imposing trade with our Chinese money launderers, Iranian, and Russian oil enriched enemies)
“For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent” (Government paid for Student loan forgiveness and printing of inflationary money in debt)
“For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury” (with convictions handed down by Jan 6 democrat appointed judges, without ability to cross examine witnesses up to and including twice impeached former Presidents.”
“For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments “ ( like the right of self-defense)
“He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.” (Refusing to protect our borders)
“He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.” (I. E. Fentanyl killing Drug Lords, gang Lords, Street rioters, child molesters)
The Commies in office, CARE NOT what our constitution says.. THEY HAVE repeatedly shown that.
The fact that 25 Republican governors support Texas’ move to secure the border is proof positive of how serious this crisis is. Furthermore, the fact that no Democrat states are in support of Texas, even though they admittedly are suffering from the invasion, proves how they care more about party than people.