Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defended his position to bus migrants to "sanctuary cities" after being accused of toying with people's lives.
Responding to a clip in which New York City Mayor Eric Adams offered for Abbott to stay in one of the migrant shelters, but not before warning the Texas governor not to "displace problems" onto "local municipalities," Abbott said that it is not he who is playing with people's lives but Biden.
Asked to respond to Adams' saying he is "morally bankrupt" and uses migrants as "political pawns," Abbott told "Fox News Sunday," "The person who is actually using illegal immigrants as political pawns is Joe Biden."
He continued: "Joe Biden has created an open border policy that has allowed illegal immigrants into our country — to appeal to and to appease the far leftists in the Democrat Party, the people like [Rep. Alexandria] Ocasio-Cortez, and the hopes of trying to win their support while at the same time destroying the country that he is in charge of.
"He is the commander in chief in charge of national security for our country. Our country is being invaded in ways that put our country at risk because of the political games that Joe Biden has played."
The Texas governor then said that Adams needs to stop "aiding and abetting" migrants because it is costing New Yorkers and putting their lives at risk.
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