House Republicans Use SCOTUS Texas Ruling To Salivate Over ‘Civil War’ – By Nicole Lafond (TPM) / Jan 23, 2024
Some House Republicans are using yesterday’s Supreme Court decision, which allowed federal officials to cut through the razor wire Texas had installed at the border, as a rallying cry, urging Texas Republicans to “stand their ground” and elevating talk of “civil war.”
In a tweet and in remarks to Fox News Digital, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) called on Texas officials to “ignore” the ruling — a temporary victory for the Biden administration as it confronts Texas’ various attempts to seize control of policing the U.S. border with Mexico and block federal border patrol agents from doing their jobs. In a 5-4 decision, the High Court on Monday knocked down an appeals court injunction, which blocked Border Patrol from breaking through concertina wire that Texas had set up, fencing off agents from parts of the international border.
Roy called the decision “unconscionable” on Twitter, before sharing additional remarks with Fox News Digital.
