• Spliffman1
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    We should have known what he was all about from his hit song back in the 80s 🤦‍♂️

  • magnetosphere
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    I don’t understand why the federal government allows these buses (or chartered planes, or whatever) to continue. Since it involves crossing state borders, don’t the feds have jurisdiction?

    I don’t know what the passengers were told in this instance, but in other cases, people were lied to. They agreed to go because were told they would be getting jobs and homes. I don’t think they would have voluntarily gone if they were told the truth - “we’re going to dump you somewhere as a political stunt. We’re not giving them any prior notice, so it’s anyone’s guess as to how you and your family will be taken care of. We don’t care, because to us, you’re not people. You’re just tools we’ll use to own the libs.”

    When some creep lures a kid into a van with the promise of candy, and then drives them halfway across the country, we call it kidnapping. Why hasn’t anyone been prosecuted?

    • @[email protected]
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      That’s disingenuous.

      The point is to seem like he’s got a plan for the migrant crisis by bussing them out of state.

      And if he sends them to Blue states where services are better for undocumented migrants, isn’t that better for the individuals? Or would they really be better off in Texas?

      Regardless, my point is, if you don’t try to understand why your political opponent is doing something, you’ll never be able to fix anything.

      • JoYo
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        this is disingenuous.

        if abbot wanted to reduce the suffering of migrants he would coordinate with sanctuary cities to better allocate resources.

        suffering is the goal.

      • Flying Squid
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        Yes, his plan is to be cruel.

        Hitler had a plan to solve the financial crisis by oppressing jews. Is it disingenuous to say the cruelty was the point? Should we actually be talking about Hitler’s terrible economic ideas?

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          To be fair, it WAS a pretty terrible long term economic plan to attempt to systematically murder huge swaths of your citizenry.

          It is just that the moral, ethical, humane, etc horrors of that direction are much more important.

      • Eggyhead
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        Regardless, my point is, if you don’t try to understand why your political opponent is doing something, you’ll never be able to fix anything.

        I agree, but there’s not much more “understanding” necessary when we’re dealing with child death. If nothing gets fixed after this, then what’s left to try to understand?

    • TwoGems
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      Because he’s a Republican and the DOJ would have to care

    • @[email protected]
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      212 years ago

      Enough republicans support this and many republicans coming from out of state are keeping Texas red.

  • girlfreddy
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    @HLMenckenFan

    That’s a murder charge if the parents did it so it should be the same for Abbott.

    Jayzuz America. What in the fuck are you doing???

  • @[email protected]
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    62 years ago

    Oh, no! Backlash? Whatever shall he do?

    (Hint: the same thing he always does due to lack of consequences)