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I am cross posting the hell out of this.      

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Greg Abbott puts his pants on with one humiliating and degrading motion like you're shaking a pillow into a case and then he has to be rolled to one side to have everything buttoned and zipped and the

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https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2021/06/15/gov-greg-abbott-says-hell-solicit-individuals-for-donations-to-fund-his-plan-for-a-border-wall

 

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When Gov. Greg Abbott announced last week that Texas would build its own border wall, one of the immediate questions was who would pay for it.

Abbott has not fully detailed the plan yet, but he said in a podcast interview released Tuesday that the state will be soliciting donations from across the country to help fund the wall.

“When I do make the announcement later on this week, I will also be providing a link that you can click on and go to for everybody in the United States — really everybody in the entire world — who wants to help Texas build the border wall, there will be a place on there where they can contribute,” Abbott said on the podcast, a show about Republican politics called “Ruthless.”

Abbott made national headlines with his announcement Thursday in Del Rio that Texas would build its own wall at the Mexico border, though he provided no further details and said he would lay out the plan this week.

In the meantime, Abbott has faced threats of legal action and a bevy of questions about where, when and how such a wall could be constructed.

Abbott said in the podcast interview that the donations to Texas’ border wall will go to a fund “overseen by the state of Texas in the governor’s office.” He promised “great transparency,” saying “everyone will know every penny in, every penny out, but the sole purpose for those funds will be going to build the border wall.”

Abbott's plan would not be the first attempt to crowdfund a border wall. There was We Build The Wall, a private fundraising effort that raised more than $25 million after originally planning to construct 3 miles of fence posts in South Texas. Last year, four people involved in We Build The Wall — including Steve Bannon, the former adviser to President Donald Trump — were charged with allegedly defrauding donors to the effort. Trump pardoned Bannon before leaving office in January.

A closer parallel to Abbott’s plan may date to 2011, when the Arizona Legislature passed a law establishing a fund, complete with a fundraising website, to construct a fence along the state’s border with Mexico. The fund received almost $270,000 by 2014, and a state border security advisory committee decided to give most of the sum to a county sheriff in 2015. The sheriff instead invested the money in border security technology such as GPS systems and binoculars, according to the Arizona Republic.

Federal lawmakers have estimated that the border wall cost the Trump administration nearly $27 million per mile in some parts of Texas.

On Friday, one day after Abbott's announcement, the White House renewed its call to end construction of the border wall, calling on Congress to cancel funds it previously appropriated to border barriers and redirect them toward other border management efforts. The White House also said the Trump administration paid up to $46 million per mile for some segments of newly built parts of the wall.

Governor Grift getting in on the action. 

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Brisketexan

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3 hours ago, F250 said:

What does this even mean?

 

 

 

3 hours ago, F250 said:

One of the more pathetic products of Trumpism is the very grand yet useless acts of political theater by MAGA politicians. 

 

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That was literally my immediate thought when reading the top piece of utter nonsense.  Might as well issue a GRAND PROCLAMATION THAT TEXAS IS A STATE, WITH ALL ATTENDANT RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES PROVIDED BY LAW, and then make sure to stamp it a buncha times with this:

shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcSf-94yr6vNIljHtI14Z

Fucking clowns, playing to a tent full of morons, who applaud every idiotic stunt.

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Brisketexan

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Just now, StassneyHorn said:

I guess having an enchilada plate dinner and raffle at the community center wouldnt meet their goal.

Well, minus the service charge, management fee, fundraising finders fee, etc.  Do it my way, and a fundraiser that raised $5,000 would net a grand total of.....$2.47, to go DIRECTLY to construction of the wall!  Thank you for your support!  Your support is essential to MAGA!

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2 hours ago, gmr548 said:


Lmao this is one of the most aggy things I’ve ever read in my life, and I check on DT every now and then. I’m so ashamed he’s a UT alum.

The day I realized Abbott was worse that Rick Perry was a mind-blower for sure.

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This is for Abbott and Cruz who incessantly rag on California:

California Defies Doom With No. 1 U.S. Economy

The Golden State has no peers when it comes to expanding GDP, raising household income, investing in innovation and a host of other key metrics. 
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-14/california-defies-doom-with-no-1-u-s-economy

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On 6/17/2021 at 1:53 PM, Saint Austin said:

It's the equivalent of liking a Facebook post, except that in this case,  it's the 10th Amendment, which has already been around for 230 years.

And many constitutional scholars point out that the 10th Amendment is, itself, nothing more than a truism.

So Abbott tries to make a meme out of a truism, based on a truism.  Nice.  Very truthy.

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On 6/15/2021 at 6:31 PM, HenryJames said:

I don’t think it has legs.

Well. it sure can't stand on it's own.

On 6/17/2021 at 12:39 AM, Horn Dogg said:

Fuck the holy roller.

 

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Of course if you consider ALL the households in a state, not just the upper tier.  We all know who conservative policies benefit.  Would be nice to see those stats.   

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It does have just the right undulation and sheen you want from a leader chosen by god.  If that deity also goes by the name, Lane Bryant.

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