{"id":2269656,"date":"2024-06-17T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T17:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-office-accuses-hypocrite-newsom-of-pretend-response-to-border-crisis\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T14:00:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T18:00:01","slug":"abbott-office-accuses-hypocrite-newsom-of-pretend-response-to-border-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-office-accuses-hypocrite-newsom-of-pretend-response-to-border-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbott&#8217;s office labels Newsom a &#8216;hypocrite&#8217; for his &#8216;superficial&#8217; handling of the border crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fabbott-office-accuses-hypocrite-newsom-of-pretend-response-to-border-crisis%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=2269656&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--><p>The\u200b office of Texas Governor \u2063Greg Abbott criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s decision to increase the number of military personnel at the California-Mexico border, labeling it as a gesture for public image rather \u200bthan\u200d an effective security measure. Abbott&#8217;s spokesman Andrew Mahaleris\u200c highlighted that illegal crossings in \u2062Texas have decreased significantly due to their border security \u200cefforts, whereas they have increased in states\u2063 like California and \u200cArizona. Mahaleris accused Newsom of \u2064acknowledging \u200ba border crisis only when it became politically unavoidable, suggesting the move was hypocritical.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Newsom announced an increase of California National\u200d Guard troops from 155 to 392 near the San Diego border area, specifically to enhance the detection of fentanyl\u2064 smuggling at ports of entry rather than\u200c to intercept illegal immigrants crossing elsewhere. Newsom \u200cdefended the deployment as a necessary\u2063 step to\u200d combat fentanyl smuggling, despite criticism from Republican circles, asserting that \u2064California is\u2063 actively addressing a critical issue while others merely posture politically.\u200b The reassignment of troops\u2062 at the\u200d border has thus sparked a \u200ddebate concerning its true purpose and\u2062 effectiveness.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The office of Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greg-abbott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Greg Abbott<\/a> (R-TX) blasted an effort by Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) to send more military to the border as being for the sake of optics, not security.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott spokesman Andrew Mahaleris chided Newsom in a statement shared with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> over the weekend and called the California governor\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3045092\/newsom-blitzes-california-border-national-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>announcement<\/a> to double the number of state<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> military<\/a> at the Mexico border a move that would save face but not remedy the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of Texas\u2019s efforts to secure the border, illegal crossings have decreased in the state by 74% while it\u2019s gone up 33% in states like California and Arizona,\u201d Mahaleris wrote in an email. \u201cNow, because the cartels are taking advantage of President Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-chip-roy-says-biden-admin-basically-turning-dhs-into-a-welcome-mat-for-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"Rep. Chip Roy Says Biden Admin \u2018Basically Turning DHS Into A Welcome Mat\u2019 For Illegal Immigrants\">wide-open borders<\/a> to smuggle people and drugs across the California border, hypocrite Governor Newsom finally has to admit there\u2019s a crisis at the border and pretend to do something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Late last week, Newsom said he would boost the number of California National Guard soldiers near the San Diego border from 155 to 392.<\/p>\n<p>But the beefing up of security isn\u2019t for the illegal immigration surge, according to Newsom. Present soldiers will continue to be assigned only at ports of entry to assist federal officers in screening commercial trucks, passenger vehicles, and pedestrians for fentanyl smuggling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia has doubled our National Guard at the border that are working to stop the flow of fentanyl,\u201d Newsom wrote in a post to X last Thursday. \u201cWhile the GOP play games and Mike Johnson searches for his spine \u2014 we\u2019re out here doing the work.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>California has doubled our National Guard at the border that are working to stop the flow of fentanyl. <\/p>\n<p>While the GOP play games and Mike Johnson searches for his spine \u2014 we\u2019re out here doing the work. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/69dhQYwtoF\">pic.twitter.com\/69dhQYwtoF<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1801374767087501340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Newsom suggested that state military would not be involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maxine-waters-says-accusations-of-border-patrol-whipping-haitian-migrants-are-worse-than-what-we-witnessed-in-slavery\/\" title=\"Maxine Waters Says Accusations Of Border Patrol \u2018Whipping\u2019 Haitian Migrants Are \u2018Worse Than What We Witnessed In Slavery\u2019\">apprehending illegal immigrants<\/a> who come across the border between ports of entry. Instead, military would be based at ports and help, through means that were not laid out, federal police search for fentanyl in incoming traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Mahaleris dismissed Newsom\u2019s military deployment as nothing more than a politically guided move that would fail to respond to the thousands of illegal immigrants who have crossed into California from Mexico each week after the flow of people has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2844966\/illegal-immigration-shifting-away-texas-abbott-crackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shifted<\/a> from Texas to California since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Governor Newsom was serious about securing the border, he wouldn\u2019t just send 400 troops to push paper at ports of entry. He would follow Texas\u2019s lead,\u201d said Mahaleris.<\/p>\n<p>When President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, two in three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-texas-to-start-busing-illegal-immigrants-to-washington-d-c-as-biden-scraps-trump-era-border-policy\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Texas To Start Busing Illegal Immigrants To Washington, D.C., As Biden Scraps Trump-Era Border Policy\">illegal immigrants caught entering<\/a> the United States from Mexico were apprehended in Texas. Now, Abbott said, that figure is down.<\/p>\n<p>A <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2844966\/illegal-immigration-shifting-away-texas-abbott-crackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>analysis<\/a> of federal border data in February revealed that two in three illegal immigrants arrested at the southern border now occur outside Texas, primarily in California.<\/p>\n<p>In early 2021, Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-dps-launch-operation-lone-star-to-address-crisis-at-southern-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched<\/a> Operation Lone Star, a statewide initiative that sent more than 10,000 Department of Public Safety troopers and Texas National Guard soldiers to regions of the border to help federal law enforcement catch smugglers moving immigrants across the river.<\/p>\n<p>The state has built a border wall, installed a wall of buoys in part of the Rio Grande, apprehended hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, and put up dozens of miles of barbed wire to deter illegal immigrants from entering Texas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder our historic border mission, Texas has allocated more than $11 billion of Texas taxpayer money to secure the border, deploying thousands of Texas National Guard soldiers and DPS troopers, setting up a military base on the border, installing strategic barriers, and building our own border wall,\u201d Mahaleris said.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Greg Abbott&#8217;s office criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom&#8217;s plan to deploy additional military personnel to the border, labeling it a publicity stunt rather than a security measure. Abbott&#8217;s spokesman, Andrew Mahaleris, expressed this in a statement to the Washington Examiner, dismissing Newsom&#8217;s announcement as merely for show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2269657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-17-at-10.57.16%E2%80%AFAM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2269656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-17-at-10.57.16%E2%80%AFAM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2269656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2269657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2269656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2269656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}