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Of Course These Texas Democrats Would Have Such a Tone-Deaf Response on Border Crisis

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It's certainly been quite the week when it comes to the crisis at the southern border. Congress still hasn't come to an agreement on border talks, and we're already almost done with January. To think that some top Democrats wanted to get a deal by the end of last year. It doesn't help that the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision siding with the Biden administration as it allows for federal agents to cut razor wire installed along the U.S.-Mexico border. We've covered how Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is standing strong when it comes to protecting his state and how he's had support from his fellow Republicans at the state and federal level, though Democrats including from Texas, have found ways to keep making it worse.

There's been considerable confusion from some over the Supreme Court's decision. That especially includes when it comes to the reaction from Texas' own Beto O'Rourke, the former congressman who ran losing campaigns for Senate, president, and governor. 

Not only did O'Rourke claim that "Abbott is using the Texas Guard to defy a Supreme Court ruling," the failed candidate also likened it to states refusing to desegregate schools, as he insisted that "Biden must follow this example of bold, decisive leadership to end this crisis before it gets worse."

Well, the order was actually about the federal government an border agents. Further, there's a considerable lack of self-awareness in how it was President Joe Biden and his administration who gave us what is indeed a "crisis" and that it is his policies that make it "worse."

There's been over 15,000 replies and over 1,000 quoted reposts, many of them taking issue with O'Rourke's misunderstanding. "Beto" was still trending over X on Thursday night, more than a day after he made the post. Users also pointed to his losing record and how his name isn't even Beto.

Reaction from our own Kurt Schlichter caught some attention, our sister site of Twitchy pointed out, as he poked fun at O'Rourke for being "legally illiterate" and a furry. He aptly wondered "why is Beto, not demanding that the federal government honor both the duty to enforce the laws and the duty to protect states from invasion?"

Many other legal experts weighed in with quoted reposts to set O'Rourke straight.

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) also weighed in to counteract the analogy about Eisenhower nationalizing the guard, including when it comes to how it's actually Abbott who is enforcing the law here since Biden won't. "Gov. Abbott is using the Texas guard to enforce the existing U.S. law on immigration that Biden has ignored!," his post read.

O'Rourke is no longer in office, which is particularly fortunate when it comes to the issue of illegal immigration. For however bad the crisis is now, it would likely be worse if he and not Abbott were governor. He's not the only example of a Democrat getting the issue so wrong, though. 

Fellow Texas Democrat, Rep. Joaquin Castro, is still in office. He reposted Abbott's promise to "hold the line in Eagle Pass" with a point about how Abbott was supposedly "defying the ruling," and, if so, that Biden "needs to establish sole federal control of the Texas National Guard now." What about calls for him to actually do something about the southern border and find another way to stem the surge and disincentivize people from coming across the border?

As Katie covered on Thursday, the Biden administration has not ruled out doing what Castro called for when it comes to federalizing the National Guard.

Still another Texas Democrat, Rep. Greg Casar, who is also a member of the Squad, included a post in his thread on the issue that he agrees with Castro about such a bold move.

During Thursday night's episode of Fox News' "Gutfeld!," host Greg Gutfeld addressed both O'Rourke and Castro's posts in his opening monologue. He even made a joke that by asking Biden to take control of the National Guard, he's "hoping to replace 'Don't Mess With Texas' with 'Bend Over For Biden!'"

Not surprisingly, Castro has also reposted O'Rourke when it comes to his claims about spending talks.

Something tells us that the crisis at the southern border can only continue to get worse for as long as Biden is still in order. We'll see if that's enough for the American people to deny him a second term. As mentioned when covering how Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) on Thursday introduced a bill to protect states' rights to defend their own territory, RealClearPolling has Biden with just a 31.5 percent approval rating on immigration, while 63.5 percent disapprove, making it Biden's least popular issue.

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