Texas Lt Gov Warns Biden: “Don’t Mess With Texas”

The Messenger reports:

“Don’t mess with Texas,” the state’s Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick ominously warned Sunday in a message directed at President Joe Biden in a clash over border control.

“We believe constitutionally we are right. We have a right to defend our citizens. We have a right to defend this country,” Patrick said on Sunday Morning Futures when Fox News host Maria Bartiromo asked him about the risk of civil war, pointing out that “both sides” have guns.

Patrick said Texas is within its rights “to defend” itself against federal law enforcement because migrant border crossings amount to an “invasion.”

Read the full article. Shortly before he presided over the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Patrick accepted a $3 million donation from a Texas group closely affiliated with literal neo-Nazis.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: “Don’t mess with Texas … I’m glad the president stood on Friday and did not confront us. That would be the wrong thing to do.”

Maria Bartiromo replies, “is this gonna turn into a civil war?” pic.twitter.com/ZE5zkeaDUG

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 28, 2024

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Fox News: “We’re going to put wire down the entire border.” pic.twitter.com/z3TnL0BNEn

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 28, 2024