{"id":2320393,"date":"2024-08-07T09:06:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T13:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-a-border-crisis-denier-who-supports-minnesota-as-sanctuary-state-abbott-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T09:14:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T13:14:34","slug":"walz-a-border-crisis-denier-who-supports-minnesota-as-sanctuary-state-abbott-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-a-border-crisis-denier-who-supports-minnesota-as-sanctuary-state-abbott-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Walz a border crisis denier who supports Minnesota as sanctuary state: Abbott &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fwalz-a-border-crisis-denier-who-supports-minnesota-as-sanctuary-state-abbott-washington-examiner%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=2320393&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>Texas Governor Greg Abbott criticized Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, recently selected as Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s running mate, labeling him \u200bas a &#8220;dangerous&#8221; and &#8220;radical&#8221; figure. Abbott accused\u200b Walz of denying the existence of a border crisis and opposing\u200c funding for a border wall, instead supporting Minnesota \u2062as a sanctuary\u2062 state. In his remarks, Abbott suggested that the \u200cHarris-Walz ticket would represent the most\u2062 extreme administration in modern history, \u200cclaiming both figures would perpetuate harmful immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview where Walz \u200dhesitated to label the surge of illegal crossings as\u2062 a border crisis, he pointed to Congress&#8217;s inaction and suggested improvements were possible. Abbott, contrastingly, has initiated protocols in Texas to address what he\u2064 sees as a\u200b crisis, including constructing a state border wall.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott&#8217;s statements come <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-video-leaked-from-obamas-allegedly-scaled-back-60th-birthday-party\/\" title=\"Photos, Video Leaked From Obama\u2019s Allegedly \u2018Scaled Back\u2019 60th Birthday Party\">amid rising concerns<\/a> over\u200b illegal\u2062 immigration and security threats, with reports indicating that a significant number of individuals on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-terror-suspects-are-starting-to-exploit-the-southern-border\/\" title=\"GOP Lawmaker: Terror Suspects Are \u2018Starting To Exploit The Southern Border\u2019\">terrorist watch list<\/a> have \u2064crossed the border. As tensions rise\u2064 over immigration \u200bpolicies, Abbott emphasizes his commitment to stricter border security initiatives, countering \u200bthe\u200c Biden administration&#8217;s approach, particularly regarding international immigration enforcement \u2062and local control over sanctuary policies.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Walz a border crisis denier who supports Minnesota as sanctuary state: Abbott<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1724638\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blasted Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, for choosing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, calling him &ldquo;dangerous&rdquo; and &ldquo;radical.&rdquo; He also blasted Walz as a border crisis denier, for opposing border wall funding, and advocating for Minnesota to be a so-called sanctuary state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;California liberal Kamala Harris&rsquo; selection of radical leftist Tim Walz as her running mate&rdquo; would create &ldquo;the most radical and dangerous administration in modern history,&rdquo; Abbott said. &ldquo;Tim Walz will be a rubberstamp for Kamala Harris&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gov-abbott-biden-responsible-for-deaths-of-50-illegal-immigrants-found-in-truck\/\" title=\"Texas Gov. Abbott: Biden Responsible for Deaths of 50 Illegal Immigrants Found in Truck\">deadly open border policies<\/a>, refusing to admit there is a border crisis, opposing border wall funding, and supporting sanctuary cities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In social media posts, he said, &ldquo;Harris\/Walz &ndash; the most dangerous P\/VP ticket ever. He let cities in his state burn down. She helped bail out the arsonists. She supports free health care to illegal immigrants. He signed laws giving state services to them. Both provide magnets for more illegal immigration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When asked in January, as record numbers of foreign nationals illegally crossed the border, if it constituted a border crisis, Walz appeared to waffle. In an&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1746569668469424226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;with NBC&rsquo;s Meet the Press, he said, &ldquo;I think it could be fixed. I think crisis is, you know, we certainly have these, I don&rsquo;t want people living outside Minnesota right now. I think there&rsquo;s the humanity piece of this and then there&rsquo;s the right that every sovereign nation has a right to control its borders as we should.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Walz also blamed Congress, saying, &ldquo;More could be done but they&rsquo;re doing nothing. Congress is doing nothing. The president is asking for more aid,&rdquo; referring to a Senate-negotiated bill that didn&rsquo;t pass the Democratic-controlled Senate. When asked, &ldquo;Do you think the is border secure?&rdquo; Walz hedged, saying, &ldquo;I think the border with the folks who do the work down there are doing a great job.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Multiple Office of Inspector General and congressional reports have found that Border Patrol and other federal agents are releasing known or suspected terrorists and violent criminals into the U.S., as warnings of imminent national security threats increase, The Center Square has reported.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Walz openly opposed former president Donald Trump&rsquo;s plan to build and finance the border wall,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepTimWalz\/status\/978751683676327936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saying<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;it was &ldquo;ridiculous&rdquo; and one of the &ldquo;stupidest things I&rsquo;ve ever heard.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On President Joe Biden&rsquo;s first day in office, he halted construction of the border wall and Texas immediately sued. Texas just won its final battle in court, with the outcome resulting in the administration being required to finish building the wall.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott also began constructing Texas&rsquo; first border wall as part of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/agents-spread-christmas-cheer-to-children-in-border-communities\/\" title=\"Agents Spread Christmas Cheer to Children in Border Communities\">border security mission<\/a>, Operation Lone Star, saying Texas would do what Biden-Harris would not.<\/p>\n<p>When asked in an&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=shared&amp;v=0m9OBV6fxtk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;with KARE 11 News five years ago when he was running for governor if Minnesota should be a sanctuary state, Walz said it should. &ldquo;If the definition of that is that the federal government enforces immigration law and local law enforcement enforces local law, then yes,&rdquo; he replied.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Minnesota cities should &ldquo;be allowed to be sanctuary cities,&rdquo; he replied, &ldquo;yes, local control.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Abbott has taken a different approach, prioritizing busing foreign nationals he argues were unlawfully released by the Biden-Harris administration into Texas to six self-described sanctuary cities. He&rsquo;s also called out Harris as Biden&rsquo;s&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_08458d56-4a11-11ef-abe4-4360b1cdf148.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">border czar<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;for refusing to go to the border, even at the height of the border crisis.<\/p>\n<p>After Harris was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-appointed-border-czar-3-weeks-ago-still-no-formal-press-conference-or-border-visit\/\" title=\"Harris appointed border czar 3 weeks ago, still no formal press conference or border visit\">appointed border czar<\/a> in March 2021, Abbott urged her to visit the border.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I implored the Vice President, in her capacity as President Biden&rsquo;s point-person on illegal immigration, i.e. Border Czar, to take swift action to address nine urgent concerns, including cracking down on human trafficking and preventing more children from being trafficked and abused as a result of the border crisis,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Biden-Harris administration,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_96dd8144-4b66-11ef-ab8e-9756ede9b9ca.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">four times<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;the population of Houston have illegally entered the country, including more than 1,700 on the terrorist watch list, The Center Square first&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_96dd8144-4b66-11ef-ab8e-9756ede9b9ca.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a><\/strong>. Both are the greatest numbers recorded in U.S. history.<\/p>\n<p>Since January 2021, nearly every month and year, new records are broken with the greatest number of apprehensions at the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_ce8b68a4-c79a-11ee-be35-7767547f44e0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">southwest<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_188e4b46-30a1-11ef-962d-ffbead2f66e5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">northern<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;borders, the most apprehensions of&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_72f3e096-c058-11ee-9509-5729b9e38a89.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">known or suspected terrorists<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_7c06c66c-e880-11ee-a216-c765e22a6b9e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">criminal noncitizens<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_abf4a540-3f78-11ed-9222-ab19ad7488e6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gang members<\/a><\/strong>, and largest seizure amounts of weapons and drugs in U.S. history, The Center Square has reported.<\/p>\n<p>Harris &ldquo;has never bothered to respond to my letter or even trouble herself to see the border crisis that she helped create,&rdquo; Abbott said.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott pointed to two recent victims of violent crimes committed by Venezuelan men illegally in the country because of Biden-Harris policies. They include a&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/texas\/article_c90265e4-34e7-11ef-afdd-eb4e1f5edcb7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">murdered<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;12-year-old Houstonian, Jocelyn Nungaray, who &ldquo;would be alive today,&rdquo; and a recently shot San Antonio police officer who &ldquo;would be unharmed had Vice President Harris taken her job seriously.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1724638\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1724638\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Governor Greg Abbott criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for selecting Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate, labeling him as &#8220;dangerous&#8221; and &#8220;radical.&#8221; Abbott accused Walz of denying the existence of a border crisis, opposing funding for a border wall, and supporting Minnesota&#8217;s designation as a sanctuary state. He claimed that the Harris-Walz ticket would lead to &#8220;the most radical and dangerous administration in modern history,&#8221; asserting that Walz would endorse Harris&#8217; open border policies while ignoring the ongoing crisis at the border. In his social media comments, Abbott described them as &#8220;the most dangerous P\/VP ticket ever,&#8221; highlighting their perceived failures in handling crime and immigration issues.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned about whether there was a border crisis amid record illegal crossings, Walz seemed uncertain during an NBC interview. He acknowledged challenges but suggested that both humanity and national sovereignty needed to be considered. He also criticized Congress for not taking action on immigration reform.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott pointed out reports indicating that federal agents were releasing known or suspected terrorists into the U.S., raising concerns about national security threats. In 2018, Walz openly opposed former President Trump&#8217;s plans for building a border wall, calling it &#8220;ridiculous.&#8221; On Biden&#8217;s first day in office, construction of the wall was halted, leading Texas to file lawsuits which recently resulted in court rulings requiring completion of the wall.<\/p>\n<p>Walz had previously expressed support for Minnesota becoming a sanctuary state during his gubernatorial campaign five years ago. In contrast to Abbott&#8217;s approach\u2014prioritizing busing migrants released by federal authorities to self-identified sanctuary cities\u2014Walz has advocated local control over immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott has repeatedly urged Harris to visit the southern border since her appointment as Biden\u2019s point person on illegal immigration but claims she has ignored his requests despite escalating issues at the border under their administration. He cited recent violent crimes committed by undocumented Venezuelans as evidence of policy failures linked to Biden-Harris decisions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2320394,"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\/02\/AP23331581613886-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3697,33975,37416,27318],"class_list":["post-2320393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abbott","tag-border-crisis","tag-sanctuary-state","tag-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP23331581613886-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320393","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}