Biden moves to undercut Abbott at the Border, but DeSantis is ready to help

By Wayne Allensworth

The Biden administration is opening the floodgates at the rapidly dissolving U.S. border with Mexico. And the White House is moving to undercut Texas Governor Abbott’s pledge to “repel” the invaders at the Rio Grande:

I asked the Texas National Guard if this is one of their soldiers who opens the gate for the group of migrants. They tell me she is NOT a TX soldier & is not TX ARNG. I’m told she is a Title 10 soldier from the Missouri ARNG under orders from the federal gov & working w/ BP. pic.twitter.com/zKWy121u1K

— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 16, 2023

How about it, Governor Abbott? It’s now or never. If you are serious about defending Texas and America and repelling the invasion, you must act to stop this. If not, we will know that your pledge was just another political ploy. The efforts so far have dramatically cut the flow coming into Texas:

Last week saw the highest single day numbers in human history. Since the dawn of civilization. Numbers backed off that Everestian peak solely because TX guardsmen, deployed by TX gov physically blocked & repelled illegals in a standoff (while Biden smuggled illegals via POEs).

— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) May 15, 2023

It’s time to fish or cut bait, governor. Florida’s Ron DeSantis has pledged to send National Guard troops, police, and hundreds of state troopers, plus boats and planes as early as tomorrow in answer to your request for help. Cooperation between governors is an important step, a step that must happen if we have any chance of stopping the invasion. According to the Miami Herald, you are preparing to make use of Florida’s contingent:

During the mission, Texas will give Florida state law enforcement officers and guardsmen “the same arrest and law enforcement powers, rights, and privileges while operating within the state limits of Texas as are ordinarily afforded law enforcement forces of the State of Texas.”

The time to act is now, gentlemen. Texas and Florida are headed for a confrontation with the D.C. Leviathan, something that was inevitable and must happen if we are to survive. This is not about your political ambitions, it’s about America. Show us you are patriots. Stop the invasion!

Chronicles contributor Wayne Allensworth is the author of  The Russian Question: Nationalism, Modernization, and Post-Communist Russia, and a novel, Field of Blood.