Greg Abbott Slammed Over Christmas Message After Migrants Bused to D.C.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been criticized after he posted a Christmas Day social media message amid studies of migrants being left in Washington D.C. in freezing temperatures.

The Republican tweeted on December 25 wishing individuals a Merry Christmas and including: “Might the enjoyment of our Savior’s beginning fill your hearts right now and day by day.”

The tweet included an image of a Bible verse from Isaiah 9:6 studying: “For a kid has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he’s named great counselor, mighty God, eternal Father, prince of peace.”

In response, numerous Twitter customers condemned Abbott for his Christian message whereas reportedly being the determine behind a political stunt during which busloads of migrants were sent to the Washington D.C. house of Vice President Kamala Harris on Christmas Eve night time.

The migrants, a few of whom had been solely wearing t-shirts, arrived in Washington D.C from Texas on December 24 in sub zero circumstances and had been ultimately taken to native shelters.

Based on CNN, the buses of asylum seekers from international locations comparable to Ecuador, Cuba and Venezuela had been presupposed to go to New York however had been diverted to D.C. due to the weather.

Whereas it’s not clear who despatched the buses, Republican governors comparable to Abbott and Florida’s Ron DeSantis have previously sent migrants to Democratic cities to protest President Joe Biden‘s immigration insurance policies.

White Home spokesperson Abdullah Hasan accused Abbott of getting “deserted youngsters on the aspect of the highway in beneath freezing temperatures” on Christmas Eve with out coordinating with any federal or native authorities.

“As we have now repeatedly stated, we’re prepared to work with anybody—Republican or Democrat alike—on actual options, like the great immigration reform and border safety measures President Biden despatched to Congress on his first day in workplace, however these political video games accomplish nothing and solely put lives in peril,” Hasan stated in an announcement.

In response to Abbott’s Christmas Day publish, Jon B. Wolfsthal, a senior adviser at International Zero and ex-adviser to then-Vice President Biden, tweeted: “Did you tweet this earlier than or after you shipped 130 migrants to DC with no additional garments on the coldest night time of the 12 months—which additionally occurred to be Christmas?”

Photojournalist Paul W. Gillespie tweeted: “Dude, actually? You simply despatched three bus a great deal of can be Mary and Joseph’s from TX to NY on 9 diploma Christmas eve.

“You all bought to cease taking part in the Christian card. You go in opposition to all the things he preached. Not less than the inn keeper allow them to keep within the manger.

Twitter person Michal Asbell added: “I am simply now catching up on the story of Gov. Abbott sending a busload of immigrants to VP Harris’s DC house on Christmas Eve. There’s nothing Christian or loving about stunts like this, Greg. The truth is, it is extra like Herod than anything within the Christmas story. I really feel sick.”

Whereas Abbott has not claimed accountability for the migrants being despatched to D.C. on Christmas eve, Amy Fischer, an organizer with The Migrant Solidarity Mutual Support Community, informed WJLA that she believes the Texas governor was behind the stunt.

“It actually does present the cruelty behind Gov. Abbott and his insistence on persevering with to bus individuals right here with out care about individuals arriving late at night time on Christmas Eve when the climate is so chilly,” Fischer stated.

“Individuals are getting off the buses, they do not have coats, they do not have garments for this sort of climate, and so they’re freezing.”

Abbott has been contacted for remark.