Huffines Attacks Abbott Over Ongoing Border Crisis

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Continuing to attack Republican Governor Greg Abbott from the political Right, primary challenger Don Huffines launched a new video late last week blaming Abbott for a week response to the ongoing illegal immigration/border crisis.

The video, which was posted on Huffines' Facebook page on December 23, features Abbott speaking in what is labeled as "2015" (with no day or month included) and in more recent videos labeled "2021" using similar language about getting tough on the border.

The video later features text and a woman's voice, saying, "Since Abbott has been governor of Texas, the invasion of our borders has reached 2 million illegal aliens."

The video does not mention that in the past year, the Biden administration has rolled back many of president Trump's measures to fight border incursions. The Abbott campaign has not responded to the video.

In his own plan to protect the border, located on his campaign website, Huffines says that as governor, he would ignore the Federal courts if they rule against efforts to protect the state against the "invasion."  

"Texas should begin the effort to stop the takeover of the Constitution by the courts by taking control of our borders–no matter what the federal courts say about it.

I don’t care how the courts rule; Texans must be kept safe. I will not ask the federal government for permission. I will do whatever it takes to permanently end the practice of illegal immigration into Texas."

(Full story here.)
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