Governor Greg Abbott, (R-TX) attacked the media after an ABC veteran journalist suggested that Republicans’ rhetoric was partly to blame for the crisis on the southern border.
This from patriotsdailydigest.com.
After Martha Raddatz said that she had never heard Joe Biden use the term ‘open border,’ Abbott replied Tuesday with a clip of his interview.
Raddatz instead claimed that Abbott, the Florida Governor, had used such rhetoric. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump, also had.
Abbott stated that Raddatz’s assertion that such messaging “reverberates throughout Mexico and beyond” while being used by cartel smugglers was simply false.
He said:
It’s crazy to suggest anything like this.
This response shows that mainstream media are clueless about the border or are colluding with The Regime. Similarly, Joe Biden’s spokesperson claimed the border is closed.
Abbott made a comparison between the [Obiden Regime’s] results and the Trump-era leads, concluding that the previous administration had overseen the most secure border for decades.
Abbott said:
Trump, unlike Biden, had enacted Remain in Mexico, implemented the Title 42 pandemic policy related to deportation, and ended the ‘catch-and-release’ of illegal immigrants.
He continued:
That’s what Donald Trump did. We had the lowest border crossings in the last century.
Now, Joe Biden has seen record-breaking numbers of people cross the border, because of his bad policies.
The host asked if Abbott offered Raddatz an aerial view of the border crisis, which the governor said he indeed did.
He said:
Right after that interview…we did fly her up the helicopter and showed to her exactly what was happening on the ground.
And the truth is that there are people crossing the border and Joe Biden does nothing to stop it.
And that’s precisely why Texas has to step up to make extraordinary efforts to secure our border.
This is something that has never been done by any other state in American history.
