{"id":1443107,"date":"2022-04-18T08:44:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1443107"},"modified":"2022-04-18T08:45:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:45:20","slug":"beto-orouke-busing-illegals-out-there-of-texas-a-political-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beto-orouke-busing-illegals-out-there-of-texas-a-political-stunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Beto O\u2019Rouke: Busing Illegals Out there of Texas a \u201cPolitical Stunt\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbeto-orouke-busing-illegals-out-there-of-texas-a-political-stunt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1443107&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">B<\/span>eto <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/beto-orourke\">O&#8217;Rourke<\/a> pushed back against a decision by Texas Gov. Greg <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greg-abbott\">Abbott<\/a> to bus <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\">migrants<\/a> who arrive at the Texas border to Washington, D.C., calling it a &#8220;political stunt.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The Democrat, who is running to unseat Abbott, said the plan has done &#8220;nothing to improve the safety and security&#8221; of Texans after several buses <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/texas-bus-makes-first-migrant-drop-off-near-us-capitol-in-washington\">arrived<\/a> in the nation&#8217;s capital. The governor is attempting to send a signal to politicians to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/texas-will-bus-illegal-immigrants-to-washington-dc-abbott-says\">address<\/a> the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This is another political stunt that Greg Abbott has pulled off that has done nothing to improve the safety and security of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\">Texas<\/a> or the rest of the country,&#8221; O&#8217;Rourke said during an interview Sunday with MSNBC&#8217;s Jonathan Capehart. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/cargo-ship-that-ran-aground-in-the-chesapeake-bay-freed\">CARGO SHIP THAT RAN AGROUND IN CHESAPEAKE BAY FREED<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Rourke also called into question the deployment of National Guard members to Texas&#8217;s border with Mexico as part of Abbott&#8217;s border security enforcement operation introduced last March. These agents have &#8220;no powers to arrest or detain.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/videos\/the-debrief-conn-carroll-on-greg-abbotts-new-border-inspection-policy\">guardsmen<\/a> have taken their own lives since they&#8217;ve been activated, they&#8217;ve been taken away from their families, from their communities, from their kids,&#8221; O&#8217;Rourke said. <\/p>\n<p>Four Texas guardsmen serving or set to serve under &#8220;Operation Lone Star&#8221; have died by suicide since the National Guard was activated, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/12\/23\/wave-of-suicides-hits-texas-national-guards-border-mission\/\">according<\/a> to the <i>Army Times<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>Despite some of the challenges Texas has faced with an uptick in border crossings, O&#8217;Rourke backed the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden\">Biden<\/a> administration&#8217;s plan to end a Trump-era <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/coronavirus\">coronavirus<\/a> policy that allows for the quick deportation of thousands of migrants seeking asylum. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"TweetEmbed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I think it is time to end Title 42. I don&#8217;t think we should&#8217;ve ever implemented it. It is a cynical reading of U.S. Law that again has done nothing to improve public health or safety.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetoORourke?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BetoORourke<\/a> on if he thinks it&#8217;s a good idea for the Biden Admin. to end Title 42 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SundayShow?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SundayShow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fNQQqfotAj\">pic.twitter.com\/fNQQqfotAj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (@TheSundayShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSundayShow\/status\/1515707621910753284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2022<\/a>\n              <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, it&#8217;s time to end Title 42. Let&#8217;s just make sure we&#8217;re doing it responsibly and that we&#8217;re doing it in partnership with the border communities who will bear the brunt of any policy changes coming from Washington, D.C.,&#8221; O&#8217;Rourke said. <\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Rourke will face Abbott in the general election on Nov. 8.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beto O&#8217;Rourke pushed back against a decision by Texas Gov. 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