#shorts On 3/22/2023, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “And then I have another question. So, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has installed more than 130 miles of razor wire on federal land in the Rio — in the Rio Grande canal. Abbott didn’t seek the required permits to do this and has kind of — and doubled down on — yesterday on Twitter, saying that they are not going to ask permission to do this.
Does the administration plan to sue Texas, like they did in Arizona over former Governor Doug Ducey’s makeshift border barrier?
KJP: That’s a question for the Department of Justice. I don’t have anything to share here.
But more broadly on — on the governor in Texas, these — this is another political stunt that we’ve seen from him over and over again. Inste- — instead of dealing with an issue in a way that can actually have results, he continues to have political — do these political stunts. And it’s unfortunate, because what it’s going to do is actually hurt the communities that he is supposed to represent.
And this is a President that has — when it comes to working to secure the border, dealing with a real issue, he’s taken actions … because of the record levels of funding. We support 23,000 agents, the most ever working to secure the border …
other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/jliOSe0Vp3Q
KJP BRAGS About Biden “Working To Secure The Border” Amid Historic Border Crisis