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  Actions like this isn't a liberal or a republican issue.
  It's a good person or bad person issue. If you support this,  you're a bad person.
context: To all people who reelected this asshole: fuck you. >
  
  Of course he gets reelected. He's spending public money to make a political statement that his constituency agrees with. It's populism devoid of ideology, and that's the hallmark of today's Republican party. >
  
  He's spending public money to hurt people.  He's an asshole.  A gold plated asshole. >
  
  It was 15 degrees outside. You would think a man in a wheelchair who claims to be pro life would have at least a shred of empathy >
  
  Just like the story of Jesus from the Bible. >
  
  Come to me, all who are weary. 
  Except you. And you. Or you. >
  
  
  Come to me, all who are white and weary. - White, Republican Jesus >
  
  What precisely do they do for the "white and weary" except give speeches of hate to them? No electricity, no government help, no good government at all. That's the Republican goal these days. >
  
  They give them dopamine hits from "hurting the right people" to distract them from their existential resentment at their own mediocre lives. >
  
  
  Three busloads of migrants were dropped off outside the Washington DC home of US vice-president Kamala Harris late on Christmas Eve, the latest episode in an escalating battle between the Joe Biden White House and the governors of southern Republican states over federal immigration policy.
  The Central and South American migrants, believed to be sent from Texas, were dropped off in below-freezing temperatures, with some wearing only sweatshirts and shorts.
  Texas’s far-right governor, Greg Abbott, has previously sent buses to Harris’s Naval Observatory home. An organizer with the Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network, Amy Fischer, told local news station ABC7 that Abbott orchestrated the drop off as a political stunt.
  “It really does show the cruelty behind governor Abbott and his insistence on continuing to bus people here without care about people arriving late at night on Christmas Eve when the weather is so cold,” Fischer said.
  The group took the travelers to the shelter of a local church where they were given warm food and clothes.
  Tatiana Laborde with Samu First Response, an aid group that was also there to meet the buses, said that similar drops had been made in Washington since April. “Christmas Eve and freezing cold weather is no different,” Laborde told CNN. “We are always here welcoming folks with open arms.”
  The arrivals were the latest salvo in an effort by Abbott to force the Biden administration to step up immigration controls at the US border with Mexico. Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis and Arizona’s governor Doug Ducey have also transported migrants to cities that are run by Democrats.
  “You and your administration must stop the lie that the border is secure and instead immediately deploy federal assets to address the dire problems you have caused,” Abbott wrote in a letter to Biden last week.
  Abbott added: “You must execute the duties that the US constitution mandates you perform and secure the southern border before more innocent lives are lost.”  
  
  "More innocent lives are lost." While sending people in the cold as stunts for racists to feel superior. >
  
  How did Joe cause the "border crisis"? >
  
  No policy change so far since the Orange Butthole administration, but magas can be ordered to believe Biden began it. At least now, they're not kidnapping children any more. >
  
  The Biden administration has been working tirelessly to reunite families who were separated under orange Julius Caesar’s administration when they didn’t even bother to take records of where they sent people or the names of the family members. >
  
  Now now, don’t lump Julius Caesar in with that atrocity. Julius Caesar was at least competent. >
  
  Not only that but the missus didn’t slog around the slave pens wearing a jacket with the words “I don’t care, do you?” on it! >
  
  "Et tu, Brute?" >
  
  Not me! >
  
  And keep in mind that these are not illegals. They are lawfully seeking asylum. So whatever idiotic political message they are trying to send about border security is totally irrelevant to these people's situation. It's like turning on the burner on your stove and then bellowing about how your apartment building has terrible fire-safety measures. >
  
  And if it's like prior ones, they are states away from the courts they need to report to to follow the instructions they were given to follow legal immigration. >
  
  In case you didn’t know- those instructions were bullshit. ICE? deliberately reported false addresses for the asylum seekers so that they wouldn’t be able to attend their court cases. >
  
  So double fucked.  We have an immigration problem.  It's called ICE. >
  
  I don’t know which agency was responsible for the false addresses on the asylum reports. >
  
  "I hate Jesus and his teachings. I use the Bible for votes exclusively."
  -Grogg Abot >
  
  This stunt, in addition to being probably criminal and heavily immoral, doesn't even do what its adherents want it to.
  Kamala Harris and Joe Biden probably don't even see most of the people dropped off near their address, let alone "need to deal with them". Human services (and groups of concerned citizens) deal with this stuff. It's totally ineffectual even taking the absurd viewpoint of what they want to come out of it.
  This is what Greg Abbott considers important on Christmas Eve, though. Trying to score points on "hypocrites", ignoring that the organizations who have tried to help these bused migrants have done more Christian deeds than he's done in his entire life. >
  
  This is straight sit by your fire making Mr. Burns fingers evil. >
  
  Even Mr. Burns would be like "Smithers, these assholes have gone too far." >
  
  He is desperately trying to take the spot light off the grid failure, in the traditional Republican fashion of abusing vulnerable people. At least they delivered them to folks that will actually take care of them. >
  
  It wasn’t much of a grid failure this time. Only .2% of texans lost power. >
  
  But you can bet the price of the electricity skyrocked because of "unforseen power generation requirements ". >
  
  yup. 400% increase from what i heard >
  
  GOP's message to the people on Christmas:  "~~Sorry!~~  Inn is full! Fuck off!"
  Edit:  They don't actually say they're "sorry" for their vile behavior. >
  
  Sprinkle in a little “thoughts and prayers” though I’m sure. >
  
  And this isn’t human trafficking because? >
  
  They're Republicans. >
  
  Greg Abbott's Christian values shine through. >
  
  This reminds me of how even the Nazi's called a cease fire during Christmas.  That haunted puppet from Texas is a unique kind of evil.  Texa-belle.
  Edit, it was ww1 where the soldiers called a Christmas Truce.
  Though I was wrong, abbot is still spooky. >
  
  Was ww1 if I wasn't mistaken. >
  
  “What shall I put you down for?”
  “Nothing!” Scrooge replied.
  “You wish to be anonymous?”
  “I wish to be left alone,” said Scrooge. “Since you ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. I don’t make merry myself at Christmas and I can’t afford to make idle people merry. I help to support the establishments I have mentioned: they cost enough: and those who are badly off must go there.”
  “Many can’t go there; and many would rather die.”
  “If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”
  —A Christmas Carol >
  
  The cruelty of Republicans has no limits. Mistreating desperate people for political theater just to own the libs. Way to mess with real people's lives. I'm sure Jesus would have done the same. >
  
  Greg Abbot is trafficking humans for political reasons. That's the headline. >
  
  Well, nothing was done when they did this before, so what makes you think they wouldn’t just do it again? People only stop doing things if there are consequences >
  
  More proof that Abbott is the worst kind of Christian...   A Conservative American Christian >
  
  Democrats could bus dozens of Covid patients to Abbots home, but we don’t use human beings as props. >
  
  Typical Republican "governing"... pushing things off on everyone else. At this point, the feds should start charging back whatever money it takes to clean up their mess. >
  
  Democrats love to spend your taxes to subsidize Latin America >
  
  Abbott is such a POS. Someone should drop a tree on him >
  
  Using the most sacred Christian holiday, the birth of Jesus, to perpetuate cruelty onto others. How Christ like of them... >
  
  They need to nip this in the bud and drop felony kidnapping charges.  This is not a “political stunt” it is a crime to transport someone under false pretenses.  Just because these are migrants and not US citizens doesn’t mean they don’t have legal protection. >
  
  Jesus was a liberal. >
  
  Texas power grid goes out again- Abbot immediately begins thinking of a distraction >
  
  Sorry to hear you lost power. Here's a fine distraction for you to enjoy. >
  
  The cruelty of this Republican Party will never end and the reason this Republican Party must be eliminated. >
  
  Let’s eliminate the Democrats - as someone from California, I invite you to come and visit so that you can seen the dystopia created by Democrats. Certain parts of San Francisco and Oakland look like a third-world country. >
  
  Republicans only take care of the rich and probably the reason states are in the mess they are in. Republicans obstruct any aid or assistance for those who really need it. So a democrat is what I will be until the day I die. >
  
  It's just like baby Jesus and his family going from inn to inn looking for a place to stay! Texas is just like all the innkeepers that turned them away and told them to pound sand! It's just like a bible story!
  ...oh wait, we're supposed to be like the OTHER people in that Bible story? The people that care and help others on a cold night? Oooohhh. Well that changes things. >
  
  Many Christians act like the Pharisees and Romans are the heroes. 
  To add: so many that idolize joining the legion or stockpiling mountains of coin at the expense of others to gloat over the unlucky ones is how I make this observation. >
  
  Republicans are disgusting. Shameful. >
  
  What a low brow MAGA thing to do. Shameless Christians. >
  
  Pretty wide net you cast
  Not all Christians think this is right >
  
  Still not posted on /r/conservative. I wonder if this is at last indefensible for them. >
  
  It's at the top rn but it's r/conservative so God forbid anyone can actually read what they're saying, that's for "flaired users only" 
  What a pathetic fucking joke >
  
  I will say that a few of the top upvoted comments were from users who saw this as abhorrent.
  The rest? The rest was typical bullshit about how "there are actions to your consequences" (they're talking about the immigrants who were dropped off in the cold not Biden or Harris) or "If she [Harris] won't come to the border, we'll bring the border to her" comments.
  Edit: for instance this comment was downvoted, but given gold:
  "Well, if she won’t go to the border, it’s only fitting we bring the border to her. 
  Merry Christmas, beyotch." >
  
  My favourite are the ones saying she’s never been to the border to find the root cause, so they’re bringing the border to her.
  Do they think she’s going to go down there with a magnifying glass and a tweed hat and start looking for clues? Do they think the root cause is AT the border? 
  It’s amazing how much value these people place on performative acts. The act is unconscionable, but Abbot is definitely playing at a level his base can engage at. >
  
  I bet they are warmer than if they were still in Texas with the states busted ass broke down power grid. >
  
  What a fun continuing tradition for them! >
  
  DC needs to pass a law making the bus driver and all who paid and arranged for the trip to be held criminally liable for human trafficking of migrants without authorization/permission  (not given under duress or misrepresentation).  Make it one count for each passenger. >
  
  Jesus was a liberal. >
  
  Dumbest part of this is that the idiots that vote for the idiots that do this, with their annoying tax dollars, and lots of them, will cheer them on with their friends at fox newz. Hella dumb da dumb dumb… >
  
  And you love to pay taxes so that Democrats can subsidize Latin America >
  
  I don’t love to pay taxes >
  
  Abbott: "The inn is full bro." >
  
  Is this what Jesus would of done? >
  
  At least in DC they will be treated like human beings. Human trafficking to own the libs. What terrible people. >
  
  What the fuck is wrong with people? Seriously. The same dickwads doing this are the ones who, I'm sure, think they're super Christians, but just have a problem with brown people and have no issue using them as political fodder to make themselves feel good. >
  
  What’s wrong with this administration? Even if you don’t believe this is their fault, it’s their problem. >
  
  Abbott, such a standup guy.  He is busy playing immigration games while the power grid is still a fucked up mess for the residents of Texas >
  
  At least they'll have electricity now >
  
  Kidnapping is legal now??? Oh, I guess only if you’re not from America it is. When can we lock up Greg Abbott and Ted Cruz for abandoning their jobs and kidnapping immigrants?!?!?! For fuck sake, TED CRUZ’ daughter tried committing suicide!!! IS THERE ANYONE WILLING TO BE REASONABLE ABOUT THESE FUCKING SOCIOPATHS?!?!?! >
  
  Everyone thinks this was a cruel political stunt, when in reality, he was “evacuating” them to a place with electricity. Thank you, kind sir. >
  
  I love how they are sending buses of migrants yet actively asking for handouts for their energy grid. Makes perfect sense Texas! >
  
  Christians be christianing on Christmas. >
  
  “Let’s torture more immigrants. Happy Birthday, Jesus!”
  —Texas lawmakers >
  
  The Texas economy is highly dependent on cheap migrant labor
  If he would go after the people who are hiring them or go after the corruption which allows them to get away with it it would solve a lot of problems
  But Greg Abbott's campaign donors like the cheap labor >
  
  Texas demonstrating what the real meaning of Christmas is all about.  I’m sure Christ would think using refugees as props in a political stunt is 💯 >
  
  Anyone that can transport and dump other humans like that is 100% festered pig shit. Anyone that supports this type of bullying and trafficking is a POS as well. The fact that Rs will be giddy about this is just nauseating. The organizers and everyone involved down to the bus driver need to be prosecuted. >
  
  See how nice Abbott is sending these nice folks up here to DC where we have power, while the rest of Texas freezes their ass off cuz they keep voting fori idiots . He's a giver /s >
  
  I am no Christian, but almost seems like God took this man’s legs for a good ass reason.
  Some random ass tree just accidentally fell in the perfect spot to land on that shit stain, I may be converting as we speak. Proof of God does exist. >
  
  Nah, if a good God did exist, she would have dropped the tree on his head and killed him outright. >
  
  So as his state is without power due to his negligence, Abbott thinks it's a good idea for a political stunt on Christmas Eve? Am I getting that right? >
  
  Hey everyone, maybe they were just trying to get those migrants out of a state that can manage to keep the power on for themselves. You ever think about that? /s >
  
  The next comment down says "typical Republican 'governing'. . .pushing things off on everyone else." I've thought about what you're saying. And no, that's not what Texas is doing. It's clear because if that's what they were doing, they wouldn't be shipping them to Harris's house. That's a political statement. >
  
  It’s Texas. Be glad they didn’t receive the death penalty. Lifelong exile for committing a misdemeanor is generous for brown people in Texas.
  Fuck Texas. At least these migrants will have electricity where they’re going. >
  
  Texans voted for this.
  Actually fucking voted for it >
  
  DC should release its pick pockets and pedos and drop them off in Texas. >
  
  But those GOP senators would just fly right back >
  
  Yea, you are right probably first class too. >
  
  How is this NOT illegal >
  
  How’s it different than bussing them to San Antonio >
  
  They'll have access to a reliable electricity grid in DC? >
  
  Maybe they should spend their money on fixing the Texas power grid instead of sending immigrants across the country. 
  The GOP like to exploit cheap labor, so why not hire the immigrants to rebuild the electric grid? >
  
  Time for justice.
  Time for Ironsides of Texas to be held accountable and every slimy "Christian" republican that's involved. >
  
  Jesus was a liberal. >
  
  Damn Texas the Maga Republicans sent the migration to her home on Christmas eve. That is not nice especially in the freezing temperatures outside 😑 >
  
  The conservative Christian party doing unto others as they would have unto themselves again. >
  
  So no room at the conservative, Christian, GOP Texas inns but the liberal, atheist, groomer, pedophiles have figured out how to welcome the immigrants? Which party claims to be the party of Jesus?  I’m more Christian than most Christians I know and and I am agnostic. >
  
  Do something about it? Wtf? Why are they not using this piece of trash as an example of not getting away with domestic terrorism >
  
  She should swear them all in as citizens and send Texas a thank you note.  The "You can't do that!" Would be hilarious >
  
  I really don’t get how this isn’t considered human trafficking. They’re being sent against their will to a seemingly random location where no plans have been made for their well-being, all for a political stunt. Surely this can’t be legal and just? >
  
  How can anyone think of something more cruel to do with people, real people. People who do this kind of things should never be regarded as decent human being. I really hope everyone, especially those who lives in the state that horrible person govern show outrage, but guess not. >
  
  Nice of Abbott to send those in need to a state where the power actually works.   Very Christian of him! >
  
  Christians did this to those poor people. >
  
  Hoping to get ahead of a Trump arrest, because arresting an opponent on Christmas is what Republicans would do and expect. >
  
  If Abbott were in Bethlehem, he would proudly announce “No room at the inn.” >
  
  He’d of been on the hotline to King Herod telling him he found the outlaws. >
  
  At least they’ll have power now. It’s anyone’s guess if the grid will go down in Texas. >
  
  Ebenezer Abbott up to his old tricks again. >
  
  At least they have electricity in DC. 🤣 >
  
  They do this and may have to end up asking the Biden admin for help with their failing power grid? Did I get that right? >
  
  If the migrants were told they were to be taken to a specific place and supposed to be paid, instead ended up at a different place and not paid, this is kidnapping by inveiglement, a crime. >
  
  That’s our Texas governor and his minions. 
  Won’t do anything to ensure Texas as a reliable power grid regardless of the weather but can be counted on to do this stuff using actual people as pawns for media notice. >
  
  Texas is such an incompetently run state that this is their only option, pawning off their responsibilities to another state because they can't manage their own border.  Can't even keep the lights on either.  That state is a pathetic embarrassment to the US.  The only thing they are any good at is being hateful and cruel to people. >
  
  Moronic, juvenile and cruel behavior from so-called adult leadership in GOP states.
  Too stupid to be embarrassed. >
  
  So let me get this straight 
  Texas is currently without power because they decided to not upgrade any infrastructure.
  And now the governor is spending his time doing this instead of addressing the problems of his state?
  It'd be cute if not for the number of people I know from there without power for the next week posting memes about electric cars from their iphones. >
  
  Who would do such a thing on Christmas Eve? Obviously not a Christian. >
  
  
  Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. >
  
  God, these repugs really hate women. Not really sure what kamala actually ever did to deserve all the hate. >
  
  She does absolutely nothing which is why.   A ostrich with its head in a hole.   She’s way out of her league. >
  
  Yea, Dick Cheney would have lied us in to a war by this time. >
  
  Cheney name (daughter included) equates to evil incarnate. >
  
  More compassionate conservatism from the racist TX governor. >
  
  Tbh KH really missed an opportunity to invite them inside to stay the night. It would piss the GQP off like nothing else >
  
  This is the most unchristian thing someone can do on Christmas. Why do Christians keep electing people who would hate Christ if they met him? Mary and Joseph were brown skinned asylum seekers. >
  
  What part of the constitution mandates that you secure the southern border and if you don’t do it to the satisfaction of the opposition party, they commit human trafficking via deception?
  I must have missed that lesson in Civics class. >
  
  The reality is it’s a cruel political stunt but I’m guessing at this point they all consider themselves lucky that they were chosen to be bussed out of Texas. >
  
  At least the power is on where she lives >
  
  What’s weird about all this is that someone took the time and effort to do this. Someone thought this was a great idea too. Just weird. >
  
  Republican Party, the party of family values…
  What a cold heart message for the holiday season >
  
  Any and all politicians who perform acts of human trafficking (this is literal human trafficking), MUST be removed from office and arrested immediately. They are performing human rights violations all for some idiotic ideology. >
  
  All the gas and oil you could need but you can’t get heat to Texans. Abbott prioritizes social issues, gays, transexuals,book banning and more over his citizens. Shipping innocent people because he can (maybe). What a pathetic human being. I hope there’s some illegality in this. Impeach him if Texans if you can. >
  
  So how many American homeless and/or migrants have Conservatives been helping, or sheltering, or feeding?
  ZERO, that’s how many… but that’s not their problem because they don’t care about them, just like most Conservatives, the Season of Giving means nothing, other than they deserve the charity more than them. >
  
  Send federal agents to arrest Gov Abbott for human trafficking.  Enough of this bullshit. >
  
  If you know a republican, you know garbage >
  
  When do we start calling this what it is?  Kidnapping… >
  
  How is Texas getting our VP's assassination coordinates?  /s
  This sounds criminal, in more ways than one >
  
  Since i can't comment on r/conservative, i would like to send a message here.
  To anybody on r/conservative who find this funny....from the bottom of my heart...fuck you >
  
  Why not just take some billions of USD and set up decent facilities and programs in every state and actually do this with planning and real help at the end of the trip? Then the migrants actually receive help and the border influx can be whittled down. If dollar general can build three stores a week we can surely build a migrant/refugee distribution network >
  
  You really think that would stop the republicans from using these people as a distraction from their failures and schemes ?    
  As long as republican voters hate brown people and are easily fooled by these so called christian leaders this will continue. >
  
  I imagine Abbott and his toadies are laughing their asses off right now. "Wow, we really owned the libs. What else can we use migrants for?" >
  
  Meanwhile, power grids keep failing in Texas, putting citizens lives in danger. Clearly, they need to keep owning the Libs 🙄 >
  
  Abbott can’t keep the power on but has the time to abuse other humans. >
  
  There like ha ha this will show them , let’s use humans to make a point, we are so going to own the democrats ha ha man, using immigrants to fuck with the democrats, this is great! >
  
  He should be charged with human trafficking. >
  
  The Republican Party is evil >
  
  Using human beings as political pawns in not the answer. Typical "Christian Republican". >
  
  Limp Dick Abbott strikes again. >
  
  Theyll be glad to be out of texas, why do republicans think everyone is going to abuse immigrants as badly as they do. >
  
  Just subtract the cost from their federal aid. >
  
  Even the Nazis called cease fires on xmas eve.  Not this christian. Can we bus people in wheelchairs next? Maybe vets?? >
  
  Americans are terrible. Republican Americans are really terrible. >
  
  At least no one is pointing in the dark about people crossing the border in the middle of the night and in the middle of no where or someone’s backyard. Lol >
  
  Abbott is only doing it for attention and because he knows he can’t get in trouble for it since it’s legal to kidnap people if you’re rich and elected. >
  
  Stop media feeding the distraction that this is and blow up the fact that TEXAS has citizens without power. Hammer that for days instead of this limp dick move of Abbots. He’s hoping that the busses are the story and not the power grid. Also, TEXAS WOULD NEVER MAKE IT ANYWHERE FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME WITHOUT THE GOOD OLD U.S.A. 🇺🇸 
  What a whimsical group of racists y’all are down there regulating vaginas and not the power grid. Amazeballs. >
  
  Can we organize sending truckloads of shit to Abbot's house? Along with a truckload or two of Sporks. 
  Then have a plane fly over with a sign that reads "consume fecal matter and expire" >
  
  I’d take them in and offer them a bunch of food as a rich vp >
  
  What’s the complaint here? She’s leading the border policy, they brought the border to her. >
  
  Trafficking and dehumanizing human beings to score political points. That's the complaint. >
  
  Beep boop, human rights, beep boop. >
  
  Lol a sense of humor too. >
  
  It says a lot that you consider that laughable. >
  
  You liberals complain a lot. Maybe use your energy to solve problems. Open your homes to these wayward asylum seekers. Why don’t you start by understanding what’s required to seek asylum, these people would be laughed out of court. >
  
  Are you planning to open your home to unwanted babies born because their mothers were prohibited from getting abortions? >
  
  There are a lot of kids in cages, I wonder why there is no Outrage or Media attention like last time. >
  
  Plenty of leftists are outraged, and there has been media attention too.