Tucker Carlson and Gov. Greg Abbott on Biden's Border Invasion

Some really good information here from Governor Abbott in this 6-minute video interview with Tucker Carlson. It isn’t on YouTube yet, but you can watch it at this link, or read the transcript I’ve prepared for you below.

Transcript:

Carlson: On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Biden administration is legally allowed to open the border by force to cut down razor wire along the Rio Grande sector of the US-Mexico border in Texas. The usual suspects voted for this. Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketani Brown Jackson, but they were joined by so-called conservative justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett.

So in response to this ruling, which shocked many, the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, drafted a letter not simply to the administration, but to the world.

And here's part of what it says. “Under President Biden's lawless border policies, more than 6 million illegal immigrants have crossed our southern border in just three years. That is more than the population of 33 different states in this country. This illegal refusal to protect the states has inflicted unprecedented harm on the people all across the United States.”

Abbott goes on to say the state of Texas has the authority under the Constitution to, quote, protect itself. That authority is the supreme law of the land, and it supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary.

And then, following very quickly, 25 other states with Republican governors signed a letter pledging their support to Texas and its constitutional right to defend itself and this country. Those states include Ohio, Florida, Utah, Nevada, and many others.

And then the Biden administration responded. The administration threatened these states, and particularly Texas, with a, quote, 24-hour deadline to allow Border Patrol to reopen the border and to take down the barbed wire.

Clearly a collision course.

What happens next? We're thankful to be joined now by Governor Greg Abbott of Texas, who joins us by phone from India. Governor Abbott, thank you so much for joining us. If the administration declares that it plans to federalize the National Guard of the state of Texas, your National Guard, what will be your response?

Abbott: Well, first, I'll be shocked. That would be a boneheaded move on his part. Total disaster. But for one, as you might imagine, we are prepared.

In the event that that unlikely event does occur to to make sure that we will be able to continue exactly what we've been doing over the past month. And that is, building these barriers, whether it be the concertina wire or other, anti-crime border barriers, whatever we've been building, the Biden administration, is now trying to attack us because of it. And we will continue to do exactly what we're doing to expand our denial of illegal entry into the state of Texas.

Carlson: With state employees, I assume, not with National Guard. But can you envision a scenario in which you would put armed state employees on the border instead of the National Guard of Texas?

Abbott: We do have other armed state employees on the border as we speak. Why this minute and this the Texas Department of Public Safety, as well as other law enforcement officers, as well as National Guard from other states. And you can be assured there will be more National Guard from other states and more law enforcement officers within the state of Texas and other states. And Tucker, I just signed a law, a new law in the state of Texas that will go into effect on March the 5th, that authorizes any law enforcement officer in the state of Texas to be able to arrest anybody coming across the border illegally.

Carlson: Have you spoken to the president or anyone from the Biden White House about what appears to be an imminent collision?

Abbott: I have not. To be clear. I have spoken to the president about the border. I met him on the tarmac in El Paso and talked to him directly about what was going on. I handed him a letter that had in it immediate solutions he could take that would immediately secure the border without the need of any new law to be passed, despite the fact that I handed him, on altogether eight different letters. He has refused to ever respond. My opponent telling you that we have laid down the precursor of what's called article or article four, section four of the United States Constitution, to show that we have been invaded and we have demanded support from the president to safeguard our state. And I have refused to do so eight times. And that authorized me to, declare an invasion under article one, section ten of the Constitution, to make sure that Texas is going to be able to use every tool in our arsenal to defend our state.

Carlson: Of the couple of dozen Republican led states who have pledged support for you. How many do you think would send National Guard to Texas?

Abbott: I'll be shocked and disappointed if almost all of them do not. Since there have been about ten so far that have sent National Guard or other law enforcement, they now are joined together with us. And this is a fight for the future of America, and they all know it. And so I believe that they will all be in on December.

Carlson: It's just a remarkable moment. And I know you're heading out, but my final question is, how do you see this resolving? Well, what happens next?

Abbott: Well, Texas is going to continue to expand the border barriers that we are erecting. The razor wire that we're putting up and to continue to gain control of more land over the coming months. I believe, however, that this will all come to an end on January the 20th of next year because I believe a new president will be sworn in, a president who will actually enforce the immigration laws of the entire country, not just the Texas border, but New Mexico and Arizona and California and the Canadian border also, and we will have safe and secure borders once again, because we will have a president who actually will enforce the laws of the United States of America.

Carlson: But in the next year, are you concerned about any kind of conflict between state, forces, whether state employees or National Guard and federal forces?

Abbott: So, Tucker, all we can do is be as prepared as possible, deploy as many people as possible, do as much as possible, to put up more border barriers. And deny illegal entry. And our head is down. We're working hard. Regardless of what the Biden administration is doing.

Carlson: Governor Greg Abbott of Texas joining us now from India. Thank you very much, governor.

Abbott: Thank you. Take care.

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That is all.