Texas Governor Abbott: Cartels Are Opening Fire On Texas Troops, Biden ‘Abandoned’ Everyone On Border

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday that President Joe Biden has completely abandoned those who live on the U.S.-Mexico border, people who traditionally vote for Democrats.

Abbott said that Biden’s reversal of the previous administration’s policies has led to “catastrophic” results on the border, including Mexican cartels becoming even more aggressive.

“And the cartels on the Mexican side of the border, they’re beginning to open fire on the National Guard that Texas has down on the border to secure the border,” Abbott said. “This is escalating into a firing war on each side of the border where Texas and our National Guard are having to defend themselves and defend the state of Texas.”

Abbott said that the hottest point of activity right now is in Starr County “where the cartels on the Mexican side of the border are shooting at the National Guard on the Texas side of the border.”

“And so what Texas is having to do, we’re having to step up and guard multiple points across the entire border,” Abbott said. “The Biden administration has completely abandoned all the people who live on the border, and they’ve abandoned people in the state of Texas, and Maria, these are counties and these are people who traditionally have voted Democrat that the Biden administration is ignoring, and he’s putting them in danger.”

MARIA BARTIROMO, FOX NEWS HOST: Joining me right now, the man who is fighting to stop this surge, Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Governor, it’s good to see you this morning. Thanks very much for being here. Before we get to what your administration is doing to stop all of this, assess where we are, are you seeing this crisis expand beyond what we saw a year ago?

GREG ABBOTT, GOVERNOR OF TEXAS: Oh, absolutely. Listen, this, a year ago, of course, was still during the Trump administration and the Trump administration had put in place all the policies that led to the greatest reduction in cross-border crossings. But now we’re seeing the highest number of cross-border crossings, and it’s all because of the catastrophic open border policies by the Biden administration. And we’re seeing more and more people come in, but I gotta tell you, Maria, there is something that’s happening that’s getting even worse, and that is the cartels are getting even more aggressive. And the cartels on the Mexican side of the border, they’re beginning to