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.
Well he is right they should be sent back to Mexico but Biden will have the Marines down there to stop illegal immigrants being deported.
Send them to Bannon’s house.
I liked Abbott sending busloads of illegals to Kamalas doorstep.
I did not like that his bus drivers delivered them to freezing weather with no facility ready to take them in that night. If it didn’t happen this way, please tell me. That’s all I’m hearing.
To drop them off free and loose in freezing weather shows a lack of planning, and makes it too easy for the libs to ask themselves, why would Abbott or any Governor do this? Why did he think this was necessary to get Washington’s attention? They wont focus on those questions.
and how cold was it there?
Marines obeying orders like that are enemies.
Bannon is lost in a fantasy.
Abbott is not allowed to deport aliens to Mexico. That would be openly illegal.
Why would the WH do that. The Mexican border guards won’t allow them in unless they have a passport showing they are Mexican.
I doubt even those from Mexico have a passport.
Shipping them back to Mexico will have that bus emptied out or turned back, and it won’t be the WH doing it.
Bannon should know better. It’s illegal for him to ship them back across the border
I wonder if these governors read about JULIUS HOBSON and the great rat dumping of Washington DC in the 1960’s?????
You saying WE have laws and WE are to stay within our laws..
But anyone can invade.. Come in by the thousands ILLEGALLY….
When in a war with your enemy, and you are the only one playing fair
You will lose.
Bannon is just trying to pontificate as he always does. There’s no way in hell that Abbott could legally deport people as the governor of a state.
People forget that Trump fired Bannon because he was a constant leaker to the media. He would also routinely trash Trump in secret conversations with the reporters. Bannon is only in it for himself.
Abbott ain’t perfect but he’s in the right here.
Bannon is asking for, effectively, a crisis. A major violation of legal powers is going to invite the Feds to smack down the state of Texas.
Now,this is not to say that this wont happen, eventually, or that the people, eventually, will support that sort of thing, and more. But my read on it is that it has not come to that, yet.
It is in any case not proper or reasonable for Bannon to demand illegal acts from Abbott.
Works for me
Come on, man! It's Sanctuary Cities, not Liberal Cities.
/smart a** mode
I thought sanctuary cities welcome illegals.
Agreed
...Bannon may not be a fan of Abbott, but he’s previously praised other GOP efforts to ship migrants to Democratic-led areas.
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So Bannon praised DeSantis for shipping that busload of illegals up to Martha’s Vineyard but now he’s criticizing Abbot.
It seemed profoundly funny to me. These bastards are invading our country, they should be grateful for anything short of a hanging. Let them freeze in front of some lib turds mansion. GOOD!
“and how cold was it there?”
Teens.
But wouldn’t they have had a choice?
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