The Cocktail Party Contrarian: Governor Abbott Isn’t the Only One Who Wants To Protect the Border

‘We need all eyes on our southern states. I don’t know how any story in America is bigger than this,’ an organizer of the Take Our Border Back Convoy says.

AP/Eric Gay
Concertina wire lines the path as members of Congress tour an area near the Texas-Mexico border. AP/Eric Gay

Texas’s governor issued a statement this week excoriating the Biden administration for its failure to enforce federal law and secure the southern border. “This illegal refusal to protect the States has inflicted unprecedented harm on the People all across the United States,” Governor Abbott wrote.

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