Texas Warns Joe Biden Confronting State Would Be 'Biggest Mistake'
Immigration,Greg Abbott,Joe Biden,Border Crisis,Polarization,National Guard
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has said the Biden administration would be making a mistake if it confronted members of the Texas National Guard and other state units.
Fears of a standoff and tensions between federal and state units remain after a Supreme Court decision said that federal border agents could cut wire installed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star.
"The biggest mistake the Biden administration could make would be confronting law enforcement or our military, our National Guard at our border, at this park, when we are actually doing the job that the American people want," Patrick told Laura Ingraham on Fox News on January 26.
"If they come down and create a situation, all of America already knows now they will clearly see that the Democrats are willing to take on a state that is operating under our constitutional right to protect our people," Patrick added.
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