ABC host corners Greg Abbott: Biden has never said the border is open but you and Trump have

[TomCADem]

Source: ABC News

ABC host Martha Raddatz asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) if his rhetoric was leading migrants to believe the U.S. border is open.

“You talk about the border wall, you talk about open borders, I don't think I've ever heard President Biden say, we have an open border come on over,” Raddatz said during an interview that aired on Sunday.

“But people I have heard say it are you, are former President Trump, Ron DeSantis, that message reverberates in Mexico and beyond. So they do get the message that it is an open border and smugglers use all those kinds of statements,” she added.

Abbott brushed aside the accusation and insisted that "it is known" that the U.S. borders are open.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/abc-host-corners-greg-abbott-biden-has-never-said-the-border-is-open-but-you-and-trump-have/ar-AA15qakW?cvid=5e96c4545ddf4304b8cd8e6721ab4e76

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Interesting that all for all of the anti-immigrant rhetoric pushed by Republicans, only folks Republicans like Trump, Abbott and DeSantis have been pushing rhetoric that U.S. borders are open.

[Walleye]

1. I wouldn't be surprised if they sent people south to spread the word and sign people up to go

[PatSeg]

7. Yeah, these heartless monsters

will do anything for political power. They don't care what the consequences are as long as they "win".

[Walleye]

8. They really have lost touch with their humanity altogether

[PatSeg]

10. Maybe it is the addiction to power

Like any drug, it clouds one's perspective and dehumanizes people. We see it so often in politicians.

[Walleye]

11. They are addicted to power for sure, also anger and hatred especially hatred

[PatSeg]

19. I can't imagine being like that

If they didn't cause so much damage, I'd almost feel sorry for them.

[Walleye]

20. I feel the same way. It must be horrible to live that way hating and not trusting anybody. Miserable

Richard Nixon in his farewell speech to the staff “remember others may hate you, but they don’t win until you hate them, because then you destroy yourself.” Good lesson learned too late by that man

[calimary]

24. Maybe they never had any to begin with.

[area51]

27. +1 n/t

[markodochartaigh]

15. There were articles in the Mexican press

before the election that said that Bolsonaro was sending Brazilians, and Haitians who had fled to Brazil, to the US-Mexico border ahead of the US election to bolster Republican chances. I can't find an English press article right now except this one.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazilians-flock-us-border-an-alleged-smuggler-cashes-2021-10-12

[certainot]

29. very loud RW stations and fox have repeatedly told people south of border for 30 yrs that

dem admins open the borders. republicans believe it too. fox reaches further. they've also been telling everyone that dems help them get drivers licenses and help them vote illegally.

then they scream about border invasions and use it to scare republicans, sell 'the wall' and stop dems trying to reform immigration.

republican media, led by RW radio, has been lying about and attacking immigrants for a long time. before the 2019 congolese outbreak of ebola was controlled limbaugh was talking about immigrants bringing it to the US, like he did for the 2014 ebola event - blaming obama and turning 9 senate seats.

bolsanaro thanked the 'brazilian limbaugh' (carvalho) for his election success. he broadcast from virginia, shows up in photos with bannon, and died of covid after telling his audience it was a hoax.

[Uncle Joe]

2. An excellent and too little used observation

Thanks for the thread TomCADem

[LymphocyteLover]

3. Finally! I and others have been saying this for a while!

I'm convinced that this filters down south and they think the border is "open"

[BOSSHOG]

6. Like "the election was stolen (and/or) rigged" ??

Conservatives don’t know how to lead, govern or manage money. But they do know how to stir up shit to mask the fact that they are incredibly incompetent at running a country. They also are incredibly adept at loving stupid people. Conservative politicians need stupid people like humans need oxygen.

[Fullduplexxx]

4. and that is exactly why they keep saying it- to keep the turmoil alive

[drmeow]

5. Also - cheap labor

People would not cross the border if they can't get jobs. Right wing business owners love to hire people who will work for cheap and are afraid of complaining - it is their MO.

[doc03]

9. Could fruit and vegetable farms, the meat packing industry, landscaping, oil and gas

industries to name a few operate without immigrant labor?

[drmeow]

13. Not for a second!

And Texas and Florida rely on that immigrant labor. They want it both ways. Keep them coming, keep them illegal and powerless, keep the white citizen voters afraid and angry, rake in wealth and power - wash, rinse, repeat.

[hamsterjill]

12. Nice to see a journalist actually go after Abbott.

It happens so rarely. Good for her!

[markodochartaigh]

14. It's never too late to stand up for the truth,

but if everyone at CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, and CBS had made a habit of it in 2015 the US wouldn't be where we are today.

[calimary]

17. THANK YOU!!!

[hamsterjill]

33. Totally agree!!!

[Historic NY]

16. It's like they gave out an invitation but then claim it was someone elses party.

For months, they kept saying the Trump rule was expiring, come now when you can.

[keithbvadu2]

18. Republicans: why are you letting all these immigrants in?

Republicans: why are you letting all these immigrants in?

And then whining about it.

Donald said the wall is complete.

You know; the wall that was to keep them from coming in.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/politics/fact-check-trump-announcement-speech-2024/index.html

“We built the wall, and now we will add to it. Now, we built the wall – we completed the wall – and then we said let’s do more, and we did a lot more."

[LudwigPastorius]

21. She should have asked him what happened to President Fatfuck's wall?

[summer_in_TX]

22. Raddatz just rose in my estimation.

So few reporters are willing to confront powerful people these days. I rarely watch her network so I don't have much of an impression one way or the other of her. But my expectations were pretty low.

[Initech]

23. Abbott is a colossal piece of shit.

[flying_wahini]

25. Hoping that more reporters will ask DeS and Abbott about it every time they say that.

Show the young reporters how to report and ask questions.
Our press sucks about pushing back. Yes, they do.

[pandr32]

26. This point needs to be made repeatedly

Maybe some of the dim bulbs will finally realize their constant efforts to tar Democrats as lax on border security are causing a border problem.

[KPN]

28. Yeah, they pretty much want them to come here.

Two reasons: so they can hire them as cheap labor, but more importantly so they can rail against Democrats who “refuse to deal with the refuge/immigration influx/problem”. Fucking hypocrites .. and morons who listen to and get wound up by them.

[ificandream]

30. And the problem is the Magat dopes believe what they're told without question.

[LittleGirl]

31. Journalists need to ask

Have you ever flown into the country from abroad?
Come on! Everyone gets checked, even US citizens at the border.
I’m so sick of the lies. Shut them down !

[AZLD4Candidate]

34. Open borders are "common knowledge" don't you know, you liberal media fake

And Texass re-elected this colossal pompous ass.

[MichMan]

35. If Abbott had never opened his mouth there would probably be a few hundred a day max claiming asylum

Not thousands and thousands like there has been.