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  I hate it when migrants get dropped in my gated community!
context: Nothing owns the libs like abusing vulnerable minorities. >
  
  And committing Federal crimes for human trafficking. >
  
  It’s the same thing bro these people aren’t being taken willingly and all the previous people misplaced this way have said they were lied to. That’s like the definition of human trafficking bro, just because they’re taken to a Dem’s house to punk them or a dungeon it’s legit the same difference for these people. >
  
  No? You're the one comparing these.
  The scenario you're bringing up is composed of three crimes: kidnapping, human trafficking, and sexual slavery (which is itself a composite of a bunch of individual crimes, but that's not the point here). You're the one grouping this particular composite crime under the banner of "human trafficking," when, in reality, human trafficking is simply a crime that happens within this composite, and can happen independently of it as well. >
  
  It’s not productive to compare victims of different crimes and try to figure out which ones we can and can’t sympathize with or who had it the worst. Many things are crimes and the perpetrators of crimes are punished and prevented from reoffending in an ideal world regardless of the severity of the crime or the level of victimization they put on their victim.
  Human trafficking is “Human Trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of people through force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them for profit.” At least that’s the definition according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. There can be a sexual component to the crime and that would be called sex trafficking and be a similar yet separate crime with a separate definition. Also people who are sex trafficked are victimized to varying degrees but if someone is sex trafficked it doesn’t matter how badly they were victimized they were still sex trafficked and it doesn’t minimize other peoples experience to call it what it is. Likewise for human trafficking, just because you didn’t traffic humans as bad as the other guy doesn’t mean you don’t go to jail for it! >
  
  Can we stop exploiting vulnerable groups to use as political props? Super weird >
  
  Isn't the whole fecking Christian Christmas story about accepting two migrants/wanders in (minus the whole barn part) not kicking them out to somewhere completely unknown? 
  Doesn't putting them on a bus on Christmas eve defeat that message >
  
  I'm sorry, did you expect Conservative Christians to know and understand a story from the Bible? >
  
  Ahhh I see how I was wrong. If only someone could dumb it down for them to get.. Say like a picture book or something for 5 year Olds? >
  
  Among many things that frustrates me is the shear cruelty of this stunt. These are people who have gone through a lot of suffering. You would think a “Christian” a day before their high holy day would show compassion to these people. Fuck Abbot. I guess it is more important to own the libs and get a couple of minutes on Fox. >
  
  Stop using people for politics! These are PEOPLE!! >
  
  
  These are PEOPLE!!
  
  Not to the GOP. That should be the biggest take away from this whole thing. >
  
  Correcto. They refer to them more easily as animals or a disease. Only suitable to be wiped out and systematically destroyed. Like stray dogs with rabies. >
  
  There was a country in Europe that did that a while back. >
  
  I think I've heard of that. Can't remember which though. Tip of the tongue. >
  
  How does anyone still support Republicans? This is so disgusting. >
  
  The people who support them admire them for their casual cruelty.
  It really is as simple as that. >
  
  Yep, Pretty simple.  Republican voters are just shitty people with shitty morals. 
  They look at an event like this and are amped by the creativity of making a point about "open borders" and think they are making liberals look bad by forcing them to acknowledge what a real problem illegal immigrants are.
  Nevermind the fact that they are bussing people around and dropping them off in the freezing cold with no plans for shelter or care just to make a political point. >
  
  This is why I don’t care how nice a conservative Christian is, I have less respect for them.  I grew up in a very conservative area and they always preach kindness and love, do charity work, etc. All looks good on the surface until you see their actual views and their nationalism that is more important to their supposed Christian beliefs. 
  They are truly hateful and while everyone who goes to those churches aren’t that way, it is physically impossible to be in the presence of a conservative Christian church and not see the racism, sexism, nationalism, etc proudly on display. >
  
  Conservatives, pretty much by definition, are very empathetic towards people they define as their "in group" and very anti-empathetic towards people who they define as part of an "out group".
  Like, white Southern Baptist churches in the south may be full of literal Klan supporters, but those people are certainly very kind and supportive towards each other. >
  
  You're not wrong, but look at how widespread sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse and neglect are in conservative communities. Patriarchal, hierarchal systems use altruism as a way to control their members (that is, make lower-ranking members dependent on higher-ranking ones), not necessarily out of empathy. >
  
  You can really tell that this was a campaign/stunt that was paid for because we've seen posts about it show up regularly long after it bombed. 
  The people behind it are working their asses off to get internet trolls and radicals to crowd source a narrative that will make it a success. >
  
  They are going to fail miserably. It certainly didn't give them any boost in November and it's not going to help them in two years. >
  
  Gov Abbott beat Beto 55-44.  He certainly did benefit from the policies.  Many voters in the border counties are also fed up with the constant flow of illegals and the feds refusing to enforce border security. >
  
  Because people have sold them on an idea that borders work in ways they don’t. It’s not cold war Berlin. >
  
  Militarization of the Berlin border actually DID work during the Cold War.   Unfortunately, neither party wants that. >
  
  …how is that “unfortunate?” >
  
  I don’t know how old you are, but I have a perspective of city areas that weren’t so damm crowded!  There was no demand that single family homes should be destroyed to make room for hideous high rise apartment complexes, much less subsidized low income housing for impoverished immigrants.
  Since 1980, we have gone from about 225 mil to now 330 mil!- about a 45% increase in 40 years. 
  Our quality of American life is diminished with too many ppl and not enough resources to maintain a good quality of life.  Do you ever consider the effects on our safety nets like Social Security, Medicaid & Social Security?
  There are elderly legal immigrants now who hardly have worked in this country who are entitled to full Ss, Medicaid and Medicare.  Do you care about the current native-born elderly in this country who have actually contributed to those nets throughout their entire working lives?    
  What about the costs to taxpayers to provide education and healthcare to the illegal/legal immigrant women and their kids?    We are all forced to subsidize the costs of illegals while businesses are laughing all the way to the bank.  The businesses get cheap labor while we commoners get to subsidize the immigrants’ lifestyles to detriment of our own.  See how that works? >
  
  Great, you're a NIMBY. 
  Affordable housing for all. If you want to live in single family housing move to the suburbs. >
  
  If that’s what you refer to as standing up for our way of life, then I’m fine with your definition.  Which dog do you have in this?  Are you an immigrant or child of an immigrant?  Do you care how our tax dollars are wasted? >
  
  "Our way of life" is for individuals to live as they see fit. That's literally what our founders decided in rejection of European backwarndess and "tradition." >
  
  I find this story very confusing. 
  What's the legality of this? They were dropped off at near the VP's residence as an obvious political stunt, but what was the final destination? >
  
  That WAS the final destination. A big "fuck you and yours" from the party supported by a majority of "Christians." >
  
  That wasn't the final destination though. >
  
  On the plus side, there are no power outages in D.C. >
  
  Ah yes. That traditional Republikkkan Christmas spirit of using people without means as political pawns. That's the holiday spirit. 
  They get federal funding for the border. Take away their federal funding. >
  
  So Abbott won't use tax revenue to fix Texas' horribly outdated power grid but he'll literally piss it away to "own the Libs"? Ffs. >
  
  And Texans will vote for him again or forego their votes and let him win again. >
  
  Merry Christmas from the party supported by the majority of "Christians" in this country who have the audacity to ask for our vote after treating other humans this way. May God have mercy on their souls. >
  
  Yeah but those people are Catholic so ewwwwww /s
  I think Republicans are only now waking up to the notion that they have more natural allies on religiously conservative Hispanic immigrants and that it is worth courting their vote....well the ones who can get past their racism are....and past their religious bigotry.
  That latter is no small impediment for a lot of Southern Baptist types. Heard a Baptist once say a Music director at their church was "going to Hell" because he took a new job at a Methodist church.
  One reason the "Christian Nationalist" dream of your Boeberts and Greenes won't happen like they think it will is that their religious fictionalism will demand that their respective flavor of Protestantism be the one in charge.
  Anyway, my point is that many of these same people have problems seeing people in other denominations of Christianity as people.
  Throw ethnic and linguistic differences in there and...well...you get Republican governors crowing about sending busloads of desperate people into the cold for kudos from pundits. 
  They don't see these migrants as people, much less as potential fellow Christians >
  
  There are CATHOLICS who don't see these refugees as people. Christian nationalism is as much a problem in the American Catholic Church as it is in the Evangelical world. >
  
  Indeed.
  It seems that the American aspect of it is operative >
  
  How is this a winnable political straegy, this is pure cruelty, only mentally ill people will engage in this, they are rotten minded to the core, why are the  Republican Party still relevant, nothing they do benefits it's citizens, they prey on the bigoted, prejudiced weak minded, corrupt their belief system and poison minds. >
  
  Republican voters eat it up. That’s all that matters. 
  Until we acknowledge that a large portion of the country actually loves cruelty, we won’t get anywhere as a society. 
  There used to be a place for the crazy, violent people in our tribes. They could protect us and scare away other threats/predators. But in a relatively peaceful society, those people aren’t helpful to us anymore. Yet they continue to breed. >
  
  Cruelty evolves into evil, these people profess to be Godly people, church goers, virtuous, yet they embrace evil like a badge of honor, the type of Christians who love to throw diety in people's face, there should a mechanisms in place to ensure these false believers are "castigated to the bottom rungs" of society. >
  
  Human trafficking >
  
  Yup.. But they're not white and fetal so they're basically worthless according to the GOP. >
  
  They need to be charged 🙄 >
  
  Abbott is thoroughly evil. >
  
  He’s a little piss boy >
  
  There is no hate like Christian/conservative love. >
  
  can you please not both-sides this. it's an act of overt aggression by right wing so-called governors >
  
  Who is both-sidesing this? >
  
  Republicans >
  
  The KKKonservatives are certainly showing their KKKristian values! >
  
  Arrest the bus driver for transporting undocumented workers and asylum seekers across state lines.  Confiscate the bus on similar charges.  Prosecute whoever hired the drivers and the bus owners on conspiracy to commit Federal crime.
  Take the people into the VP's house for food, showers and then relocate them appropriately. >
  
  Going out on a limb to wager that the VP residence doesn't have the showers and food supplies necessary for dozens of cold tired hungry families -- but the church shelter where they were taken does. >
  
  
  Going out on a limb to wager that the VP residence doesn't have the showers and food supplies necessary for dozens of cold tired hungry families
  
  Big place, bet it does.  And they are not overnighting, getting warm, get some PBJ's, order up stuff from Andrews next door.   Get them settled somewhere in a few hours. >
  
  I've been saying for months that this is Nazi Germany- level crimes, but then recently I've been thinking that our own USA doesn't have a great track record either. Shipping indigenous or minority peoples elsewhere to usually horrible conditions is very American.  African slave trade, Trail of Tears, numerous, broken NA treaties and forced resettlements, Japanese internment camps during WW2.  #ManifestDestiny #CRT >
  
  Abbott is a sick fucker. >
  
  The lack of empathy to do something like that would make Jesus sad >
  
  Hey Republicans:
  Imagine you are legally moving to Italy. You show up to customs, they put you on a bus, and drop you off in the middle of Rome at night. It is freezing. You have no food. You have nowhere to go. You might not even speak the language.
  Would you feel that you're being treated fairly?
  THAT is what is going on here. These are the people who are doing exactly what we've asked of them. And this is how they get treated by some moronic Republican Governor? >
  
  What they are doing might be considered “legal” by some, but it is an extreme abuse of the Asylum laws meant to protect persecuted people.  It is not meant for economic refugees, which is what these opportunists are. >
  
  It isn't considered "legal by some"; it is literally legal. The law doesn't care how you feel about it. >
  
  He’s not wrong, I speak from experience and have my dual citizenship now! Many people that are accepted are due to violence in the country. Many of which aren’t even from Mexico. The overwhelming majority of us who do cross do so for a sort of non existent financial freedom. >
  
  Isn't this called human trafficking? >
  
  Legally, no. Morally, it's a grey area. >
  
  By people meaner than Scrooge himself. >
  
  Absolutely despicable. I don’t how anyone condones this let alone applauds it. The maga base has lost touch with reality or morality idk >
  
  Where are all the moderate Christians denouncing these acts of human trafficking and terrorism? >
  
  Just like Jesus would have done. /s >
  
  Way to treat people like pawns. >
  
  Oh look at abbot breaking the law again. >
  
  Nothing says “Merry Christmas” quite like human trafficking >
  
  I feel like a lot of people are saying republicans… I have less respect for them, they have no morals, they’re disgusting, etc, etc 
  This feels like more then you average republican voter. This is extreme.
  Edit: just read another article that Greg Abbott is responsible for these types of things. Sending migrants to democratic run cities to prove a point. Don’t even call them republicans anymore. Call them what they are… extremist. Fuck Greg Abbott >
  
  So fucked up, using human beings for a political stunt. >
  
  What is the legality of me rounding up hundreds of undocumented migrants and bringing them to random places?  
  Oh wait I'd be arrested >
  
  God damn passive language.
  "GOP abandons migrants in sub-freezing temperatures to make political hay" >
  
  Abbott needs to swing from a new rope. >
  
  The people coordinating this stunt are people who want to turn America into a Christian nation. Just let that sink in for a moment. Is this their example of what a Christian theocracy would look like? >
  
  the victims were not ferral cats. they were human beings adult-children which are asking asylum under order of the constitution. work on fixing the problem CONGRESS! not Biden.  (T. couldn't fix it.) >
  
  Someone needs to push his crippled ass into the blizzard and leave him there! >
  
  The unavoidable stink that comes from these republicans can only be mitigated by acts of kindness and that is what true Americans should strive for. >
  
  Celebrating the life of Christ with anti Christ move. The most immoral state in the union. >
  
  See how we're talking about this, NOT the failure of the Texas power grid? Abbott knows what he's doing. >
  
  “Screw Texans and fixing the grid, I’ve got political points to score!” -Greg Abbott >
  
  When the fuck are they gonna stop pussyfooting around and put this jackass in a cell?  No one should be above the law, least of all politicians. >
  
  These people would have 100% deported Mary and Joseph. >
  
  The republicans are nothing but power hungry losers and angry, stupid sociopaths. >
  
  I don't like how humans are being used in these political games. It's tasteless bullshit. >
  
  The party of Jesus totally forgets that HIS family were refugees looking for a place of safety on Christmas Eve…. >
  
  Why can’t we arrest governors for shit like this >
  
  Repugnantcans. >
  
  These kind of stunts are why I’ve given up on republicans. Anyone who can still support them is not just ignorant but cruel. How any Christian can continue to support Abbott after this mockery of Christianity on Christianity’s holiest holiday is unfathomable. >
  
  Republicans are Christian zealots. Period. >
  
  Fake Christians.
  FTFY >
  
  Jesus would be disappointed the way "claimed Christians" are behaving not Christian like for political malicious intent... We understand strife as a border state, but to act and behave belligerently immature is embarrassing for all us Americans. Please try harder >
  
  Done by the party of Christian values?   Picked up Mary and Joseph promising to drop them in Bethlehem (tx) and the take them 1500 miles away and 30 degrees colder.   This is beyond disgusting it is a crime against humanity.  These migrants are from the equator and don’t know cold. Even Texas cold snap was going to be tough but DC is deadly. >
  
  And a lot of these immigrants were wearing shorts and had no coats. Try wearing clothing like that in freezing weather. On second thought, don't do that. Depending on the temperature, you could get frostbitten in 15 minutes or so. >
  
  I guess that they didn’t pack for cold weather? >
  
  Very Christian of the Republicans :) >
  
  At this point if I was VP and being subjected to this shit I’d fast track everyone of those victims into citizenship, send all their asses back to the state they were sent from. Pay for their cost of living by diverting said Red states federal funds. register them to vote against the party at hand.
  Sure it feeds into the boogeyman narrative they run around with but at this point it’s clearly fuck around and find out time. >
  
  Exactly.  The response should have been to impound every bus, arrest, charge, and hold every driver on human trafficking and kidnapping charges and issue a warrant for the arrest of Abbott and any staff of his or the bus lines identified as involved.
  Will the charges stick?  Don’t know, but I’d like to try and in the meantime find out if any carrier services and their drivers would like to continue playing this game and find out too.  Right now there’s no risk to anyone to endanger lives with this stunt.  Somebody needs consequences or this kind of human lives as props garbage is going to escalate. >
  
  
  Will the charges stick? 
  
  It's a shame we aren't the Right, that's what they would have done without considering if the charges would stick, just to scare people. >
  
  I mean, they aren’t random charges, they are relevant.  I simply mean we shouldn’t shy from charges crimes if they fit due to abstract concepts like “what precedent does it set?”  That kind of thinking has us sitting around naval gazing while some Florida retiree keeps telling us personally that he illegal stole and hid sensitive govt secrets.  What precedent does it set for us to just let people drop children off in freezing temps as an obvious and blatant political stunt?  A horrific one. >
  
  
  We aren't Christians, but we know where to find some
  
  Texas Republicans >
  
  Dear horrid politicians, people are not toys.  People are not your toys.  People are not political pawns.
  Now, go fork yourself, get on your hands and knees and ask your god for a human heart for your lord and savior's birthday. >
  
  The fact that aid groups were there to help is fantastic.
  VP Harris should have really used the malicious gimmick to be ready with a Christmas dinner for them all, in the name of the holiday spirit. Granted that would have also been using people for attention, but still.
  edit to give proper title. >
  
  She (the border czar) doesn’t care about the plight of illegals. >
  
  Brought to you by the Godly politicians. >
  
  This is cruel. >
  
  I still think it would be funny to give ex-cons 300 dollars and a buss ticket to Texas. Be sure Abbot and Paxton each het a buss full. Oh the laughs.... >
  
  The fact that it is a federal building may have allowed Abbott to be even shittier with what he did, while staying 'legal', and then he wants to paint himself like he is some kind of badass who isn't scared of anyone. That and it lets conservatives point at her home and say "SEE THE LIEBRUHL ELITE LIVE IN PALACES" when bro, Mike Pence was living there not long ago. Not that that would matter to conservatives.
  And friendly fire, bro. Check my history. Let's leave infighting to the right. >
  
  It's the most ironic thing in the world. I, personally, am not religious, but the people who did and condone this exult in being Christians.  If the poor immigrants don't represent Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem, I think I must have missed the point of the story. >
  
  Its what Jesus would do. Right? >
  
  While I'm sure this is fun for godless losers like Abbott and sexless betas like Tucker Carlson, can the law actually do anything about this kind of stunt? It is pointlessly cruel to use people so some soft political idiots can "make a point" and go home and disregard Christ. >
  
  Abbott is worse than scum. Why isn't he being prosecuted for this? It's criminal (human trafficking) - why isn't he facing prosecution for his continuing criminal acts? Is it because he's a republican and America has no rules they need abide by? >
  
  "Christian values." >
  
  Honestly, Republicans drop migrants off at the door of Democrats bc they havent the intelligence to solve problems while Democrats have always cleaned up their mess. 
  Redneck haters supporting greedy tax evading billionaires All of the republicans I know dont have the brains of a piss ant. >
  
  Can we just constitute this as an attempted attack by Gag Abbott on the VP? He and DeShitis need to be barred from any position of power or influence >
  
  Nothing says Christmas like turning away strangers. >
  
  Still waiting for DOJ to fucking do something about this >
  
  It takes a special kind of asshole to do this... >
  
  What would be the lefts equivalent of this? Dropping off Jan 6 rioters at the gate of Mar-a-Lardo when they get out of jail/prison with a note saying "I went to jail for you. Please help." ? >
  
  is this not considered human trafficking? >
  
  if this is considered trafficking then taxi drivers are traffickers. >
  
  Am I the only one thinking...
  GOOD!
  Any place that sends migrants for political gain is a place where I don't want migrants to stay.
  This is why they come to Denver. >
  
  Don't smear every inch of the state with the filth of their legislators.
  The reality is that border areas have some (even if not enough) resources. Migrants have families there. Longstanding aid organizations are there. Federal aid is sent there to help them. Legal aid organizations are located there to help them. Heck, the clothes on their backs are more appropriate for the climate there. And in the past, these stunts have been shown to lie to migrants. 
  Yes, it's not a bad thing for migrants to get out of racist areas, but when it's done with no coordination and the only selection criteria of a place is "owning the libs" then it may not so easily be a net positive, and it's bound to be a rough while before resources can be marshalled for them.
  Add in that many have been shown to be lied to about how their moving will play into their asylum/immigration cases, and it can add up to be very much to their detriment. >
  
  OK. To begin with, it’s not Harris’s home, it’s the residence of the Vice President. We don’t refer to the White House as Joe Biden’s home. Secondly, they we dumped on the sidewalk, not left at the front door as the headline seems to imply. Thirdly, why report on this obvious stunt designed to enrage liberals and satisfy the alt-right as an example of owning the libs?  Fourthly, many of those dumped on the sidewalk outside the VP residence were children. The headline should read/ TX Governor abandons children on sidewalk of busy street thousands of miles from home. >
  
  Serious question:  while it’s easy to tell about human trafficking, to say nothing about the sheer cruelty of it, what can the federal government do?  In my naive dreams, someone at DOJ develops some testicular fortitude and charges this stupid fucking redneck with federal human trafficking violations and sends the FBI to arrest and then prosecute his ignorant ass.  It would be as much theater as him and Desantis are parading about in their panties over. >
  
  I wonder how many people in this comment section would house any of these people? >
  
  Kamala should do the right and charitable thing and allow these immigrants to live with her. >
  
  The illegals can probably get 1000x better care in DC rather than in El Paso. They are literally sleeping in the streets in El Paso. In DC a charity took them in. Looks like abbot improved their standard of living 100x. >
  
  Nobody is disputing the fact that there is a border crisis or that places on the border in Texas are full up.
  The problem is the cruelty. There isn't any reason to treat these people like props in some useless political stunt.
  Everybody want solutions to the migration crisis, but these bussing stunts don't help that cause at all.
  Two wrongs don't make a right. >
  
  again how is it cruel? They went from sleeping to the streets with nothing to a roof over their head and a charity to feed and house them.
  Its like starting from 0 and getting to 10. Its not everything but its a great start. >
  
  Abbot didn't bus them to the shelter or the churches that are housing them. Abbot dropped them off on the street in freezing temperatures with no warning. He used them like props in a political stunt with complete disregard for the fact that they are human beings. 
  Hard to believe you don't understand how cruel that is.
  Even harder to believe you think the fact that some good people in DC cleaning up the disgusting mess that Abbot made is some sort of justification or defense.
  Treating people with human dignity and acting with moral integrity shouldn't be a political opinion. Everybody, regardless of their stance on politics, should be able to agree that the way these legal asylum seekers were treated was morally wrong. >
  
  He dropped them off in a freezing street where NGOs and charity groups would see them. If he left them in El Paso they would still be sleeping in the streets.
  Its hard to argue that the illegals are far better of now than ever. If they werent bussed there these charity groups or NGOs would never have lifted a finger to help them. >
  
  They aren't "illegals". They are asylum seekers who are following the legal process and not breaking any laws whatsoever.
  This is the part you don't seem to get: there wasn't any reason to drop them off in the street
  It's called a phone. There could have been just a simple phone call and these people could have been dropped off at the shelters and churches in the first place.
  So why weren't they?
  Because Abbot decided to treat them as less than human, with cruelty and disregard, so could make them props in his political stunt instead of treating them like the human beings they are. Some of them were children, for God's sake. >
  
  That would just give them an opportunity to decline. They know thousands of people are sleeping on the ground in El Paso yet they did not proactively offer to help any. Now that they were forced too these illegals have a Christmas miracle. They have a place to stay good food I would be surprised if the kids didn't get any gifts or new toys. They are most likely being treated a hundred times better than the local homeless of DC and none of this would have been possible had abbot not forced the hand of the local charities. It's ok to be a little grateful you know >
  
  Well did she take them in and take care of them? I mean politically she’s pushing to take care of them, practice what you preach. Not saying what was done is right, but let’s at least lead by example then. >
  
  You mean lead by example like giving them food and clothing and moving to an actual place that can house them instead of dumping them on the street? That’s what they did. >
  
  This is cruelty and a human rights abuse. Abbott has to be held accountable for this. First thing is to help the abused people. >
  
  Those poor souls. Literally dumped into the cold on Christmas :(  What kind of heartless monster goes along with these plans? >
  
  Abbott >
  
  Gregg Abbott is the Grinch >
  
  Any Texans reading this please call text or email Governor Abbott and demand that he resign. >
  
  The party of Christian values am I right? >
  
  Republicans tell me this is the Christian thing to do >
  
  Considering there’s no heat in Texas, this is a rescue caravan sending these immigrants to states with working heat! >
  
  It’s the way they can separate the two that is wild. Like, they love his policies so they don’t care if he does all these heinous things. >
  
  Sigh what has this country come too. >
  
  Dear Mr. Abbott, 
  Just to be clear, King Herod wasn’t the hero in the Christian Christmas story. The kid and his parents who had to run from persecution and were denied shelter and compassion are. 
  At this point Jesus has to be thinking that dying for your sins was a mistake. 
  Sincerely,
  A former Christian hypocrite >
  
  The GOP has no solutions or plans. They just pull stunts. >
  
  This is where Democrats should take the opportunity and turn the tables by helping these people and highly publicize it vs a soundbite taking offense at the predictable lows that Republicans will stoop. That just makes them savor it when instead we should just be saying, that's fine, send them on over! We'll help them out and be glad to tell everyone about it! >
  
  All Greg Abbott jokes should be approved since he has proven he has little care for his fellow man. These poor and desperate people are once again used as a political stunt. 
  Imagine how sad it must be to live in that broken human body and mind. >
  
  Republicans are so fking stupid >
  
  This was done by christians. >
  
  God damn your country sucks ass >
  
  Abbott did this while the power grid in his state failed a second time during the worst possible moment of extremely cold weather?
  How do people keep voting for this guy? 
  You couldn't even make up an idiot like this in fiction because readers wouldn't believe it. >
  
  I’m sorry why is this still not a fucking crime? >
  
  That's cold >
  
  And what did she do about them? >
  
  Gave them food and clothes and shelter. >
  
  Thats good. How come no one is covering that? >
  
  They are. It’s not that hard to search for articles. You should try that. >
  
  She should pay Governor Abbott a visit and show him how to handle thousands of migrants entering the country. These Republicans have no clue! >
  
  Did she invite them in for a Christmas miracle dinner like that busload of Korean tourists in Buffalo? >
  
  This should be a criminal offense punishable with jail time. Forget the fact that it jeopardizes the safety and security of the VP of the US (like her or not), it was also 10 degrees and these migrants had children. >
  
  This is how much many republicans care about the people. No care at all for their well-being once they get there as long as they get to make their statement. >
  
  Yes, agreed. I appreciate your honesty. The grey's and maybe's are pointless. >
  
  How come she didn’t let them in? >
  
  clearly a political stunt.  but I have to think the people on that bus will ultimately get more attention and support than the thousands who didn't make it on television.  now the dems will respond showing video of giving them warm clothes, food and temporary housing. >
  
  It’s a “political stunt” to get Brandon to secure the southern border. >
  
  You really think calling him Brandon is clever, don't you? >
  
  They really do. It's almost sad. 
  Every time I hear/read somebody calling Joe Biden "Brandon", I immediately see them as having the intellect of a 4 year old that is REALLY EXCITED to tell you something that is incredibly obvious to anyone older. Like my nephew who always wants to tell me about "Long Necks". I know they're called Brachiosaurus (or whatever variation of the species), and I sit there and listen attentively to his story every time and throw back feedback like "Really?!? Wow! Tell me more!"
  Since I started doing this with Republicans, they usually stop talking because they know I'm being completely patronizing. And if they don't, it's even funnier. >
  
  Best to close the border then right, to prevent the "political stunt, human trafficking" by those evil Republicans?
  Suppose y'all forgot about how Biden and party, were flying plane loads of illegals all over America, Republican states/cities in the middle of the night for months at tax payer expense huh? >
  
  We’ve seen this 10 times now. How many more times will it be posted? >
  
  It's like 10 different busloads of cruelty. >
  
  Seriously, We keep sending the same politicians "BOTH" parties and Nothing Gets Done. Same ISSUES year after year after year after year After year, AFTER YEAR. Immigration, Healthcare, Transportation Issues, etc .. No Plan or the Urgency to Fix It.. I think we need to do the same, bus our politicians out? Lay them OFF,  or  retire them. LET'S Start Over and Clean Both Houses. Let's start over and start saving us money? Clearly Both Parties are in it for the money/power and not people. Cause Right Now and Years Past it's NOT Working. I am tired of the merry go round, it's getting old? When are we going to CHANGE? >
  
  This isnt a "both parties" thing. 
  Things will change when people stop voting for Republicans. >
  
  Question: was “build a giant wall” a shining example of taking the border issue seriously? >
  
  If you had a job that required you to live somewhere where you previously did not, even if it was provided for you, what would you call the place you lived?