'Civil War' chatter reaches fever pitch online—as wave of Republican governors side with Texas over Biden, Supreme Court
A standoff between the federal government and Texas over border enforcement has had #CivilWar trending on X nearly all week—with over a dozen state governments joining ranks with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) over measures he’s had the Texas National Guard take to combat an alleged migrant “invasion.” Those measures, which include barbed wire set up by the Texas National Guard on the American side of the U.S.-Mexican border at a Shelby Park riverbank in the Texas city of Eagle Pass, provoked a legal battle between the federal government and...
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