Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and Newsmax host Carl Higbie mused Thursday about a potential ā€œforce-on-forceā€ conflict between Texas and the Biden Administration after the Supreme Court ruled against the stateā€™s Republican governor by declaring that federal agents can remove razor wire laid along the border with Mexico.

Higbie began by telling Stitt that ā€œthereā€™s rumblings that Joe Biden should or may actually federalize the National Guardā€”take that power away from Greg Abbott.ā€

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Stitt called the situation, which has so far seen several migrant deaths,ā€œvery weirdā€ā€”while adding that clash is currently a ā€œpowder keg of tension.ā€

ā€œWe certainly stand with Texas on the right to defend themselves,ā€ he said. ā€œBut Biden is going to be in a tough situation. So in other words, heā€™s going to try to federalize these troopsā€”in other words, put them on federal orders. And so now, their allegiance technically goes to the president of the United States instead of the governor.ā€

The dispute between Texas and the federal government has been compared to the situation that led President Dwight Eisenhower to federalize the Arkansas National Guardā€”part of his bid to allow Black students to attend a Little Rock public high school against the wishes of the then-segregationist governor.

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      8 months ago

      The GOPā€™s relevance is entirely based on constant fear and hate. Those fires must be tended constantly otherwise they might cool to something like apathy or worseā€¦socialism. So, no the canā€™t not.

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        This is exactly why they donā€™t want a solution to immigration ā€“ they profit wildly off the outrage they stoke from it

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        Yeah, not just fear and hate but the constant presence of a threat, of panic. Always on the brink of disaster, always some horror being uncovered, always a new thrill to be shocked by.