AUSTIN, Texas – Today, Heartland Signal released audio from Greg Abbott’s interview on The Dana Loesch Show via X (formerly known as Twitter) regarding Texas’ dangerous border policies:

“We’re doing everything we possibly can. The only thing that we’re not doing – we’re not shooting people that come across the border because, of course, the Biden administration would charge us with murder,” said disgraced Texas Governor Greg Abbott. 

Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa issued the following statement:

“The only thing stopping Greg Abbott from ordering law enforcement to shoot  migrant women and children are murder charges. Time and time again, Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans have made it abundantly clear they have no morality or humanity. Their only solutions to “secure” the border are separating families, medieval death traps, and mass imprisonment of migrants and Texans who are perceived to be undocumented by law enforcement. This is the same rhetoric endorsed by domestic terrorists such as the El Paso shooter, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and former President Donald Trump – who recently echoed Adolf Hitler by accusing immigrants of “poisoning the blood of our country.”

“This bloodthirsty approach to governance is dangerous not only for migrants and Texans of color – but for our entire state. SB 4 is being challenged in federal court for its extreme overreach of authority against Black and Brown Texans – because brutality is their blueprint, cruelty is their point, and extremism is their M.O. It is our duty to protect our country’s most vulnerable, and Texas Republicans’ dehumanization of these communities will continue until their authoritarian policies prevail – or apparently, until they catch a murder charge. Texans will begin to cast their ballots in the 2024 Primary Election in just a few weeks, and we know that voters will soon not forget this violent and repulsive behavior from our Texas Republican government at the ballot box on March 5th.”

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