House Republicans Use SCOTUS Texas Ruling To Salivate Over ‘Civil War’

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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 23: U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) arrives at a House Republican candidates forum where congressmen who are running for Speaker of the House will present their platforms in the Longworth House Off... WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 23: U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) arrives at a House Republican candidates forum where congressmen who are running for Speaker of the House will present their platforms in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on October 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. Members of the GOP conference will hear from the nine candidates who hope to succeed former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who was ousted on October 4 in a move led by a small group of conservative members of his own party. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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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.

“They have a duty under the Constitution … and every other norm of leadership of any sovereign state, to protect your citizens, period, full stop. There is no exception to that,” Roy told Fox on Tuesday. “And if the Supreme Court wants to ignore that truth, which a slim majority did, Texas still had the duty, Texas leaders still have the duty, to defend their people.”

He then suggested he may use the decision to launch a new crusade that could end in government shutdown, calling on his Texas Republican colleagues in the House to oppose “any” funding for the Department of Homeland Security, throwing an additional hurdle in front of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as he endeavors to keep the government open without getting booted from his job.

Another House Republican echoed Roy’s remarks on Tuesday, characterizing federal agents’ attempts to secure the U.S. border as the Biden administration staging a “civil war.”

“My thoughts are that the feds are staging a civil war, and Texas should stand their ground,” he wrote on Twitter.

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  1. Avatar for KalTX KalTX says:

    Nice to see Republican support for a union…

  2. That kind of talk can get a guy hurt. If we cut you loose, Mexico may go ahead and build that wall after all, just to keep you assholes out.

  3. Avatar for rptwiz rptwiz says:

    Can’t we just throw Texas out of the union? Keep Houston and eat Texas for 2 D senators and let the rest of their R reps start their own country and give us the upper hand against the rest.

  4. Again the cry of sovereign state
    By blowhards so full of hate.
    If we pull NASA and bases,
    That completely erases
    Federal dollars that flow in such spate.

  5. 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.”

    Well why not? It worked so well the first time.

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