Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has told a right-wing radio host that thereā€™s only one tool the state isnā€™t using to stop migrants from crossing the border into Texas: gun violence, because it would prompt a response from the pesky federal government.

ā€œThe only thing that we are not doing is weā€™re not shooting people who come across the borderā€”because, of course, the Biden administration would charge us with murder,ā€ the Republican governor toldĀ former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch on her radio show last week.

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      Only if theyā€™re not Christian, American-born, white, and right-leaning - other than that, the Bible states itā€™s ā€œopen seasonā€. /s, just in case

      Edit: I canā€™t tell my left hand from my right hand. Theyā€™re hands, please pardon me for my confusion.

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        Plus darker skin donā€™t count. Everyone in the Bible is pure white so those with darker skin arenā€™t saved

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        Christians seem to be mostly all about leaning hard right these days (in spite of the teachings of the new testament) why would they want to protect left leaning people? Typo?

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      Isnā€™t there something in the Bible about not murdering?

      They must be working to toss that rule in with the ā€œwearing mixed fabrics in one garmentā€ garbage bin.

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      In fairness, despite the Bible saying murder is wrong, thereā€™s also a shitload of passages saying itā€™s right. Itā€™s not really a piece of literature that makes a great deal of sense.