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Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months ago

Texas governor buys billboards warning migrants they'll be raped if they illegally cross border

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Texas governor buys billboards warning migrants they'll be raped if they illegally cross border

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Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months ago
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    if a private citizen did something like this targeting ceos they be labeled a terrorist. but no, this is a-ok for texas

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      Well, if a private citizen did this targeting the brown furriners, that’d probably be okay, too.

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    “They give potential illegal immigrants thinking of leaving their home country — and those already on the way — a realistic picture of what will happen to them on their journey or if they illegally cross into Texas,” Abbott said.

    A lot of them are leaving their home country, you absolute waste of oxygen, because they were going to die there if they didn’t.

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    Wait … I thought these were the same guys that said that it was immigrants that were rapists … are they admitting that the rapists were in Texas the whole time?

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      The rapists were the friends we lost along the way

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      The billboards aren’t saying Americans will rape them, but the smugglers smuggling people into the country, which does have a high incidence of happening.

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      I guess the rapists are going to rape the other rapists and we’ll see who wins?

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        Whoever or whatever it is … all I can think of is that Texas is a state full of rapists … immigrant, state born, male, female, rich, poor, government, non-aligned, Christian, non-religious … all of them rapists

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          Everything’s rapier in Texas?

      • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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        Someone will come out on top.

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          Or just come, I guess 🤷

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      The billboard says many women are raped by the ppl guiding the illegal border crossings.

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    I think the signs are referring to the “coyotes” who guide Mexican immigrants across the border for a fee. Often they sexually assault their clients, estimated by nonprofits to be about 60%.

    It doesn’t make a lot of sense for Texas to place the signs, though, but it’s provacative and theatrical which the GOP loves.

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    An elected official boasting of their inability to actually govern is the most Republican thing I can think of.

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      “Government doesn’t help you! Re-elect me so I can keep making sure of that!” - every “small government” fascist

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    I searched for the billboards and just yikes.

    Yeah you in can try to spin in whatever way you want, but it definitely comes off like America is full of rapists.

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      Well, apparently enough support rape to vote for donvict the rapist.

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    Every time you think Greg Abbott can’t be any more of a disgusting and gleefully cruel monster, the little piss-baby proves you wrong 🤬

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    Did he pay for those out of his own pocket, or did he waste tax payers money for this?

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    Holy shit, I didn’t expect them to have literally said that shit. I expect nothing of republicans or Texas, but I’m still baffled.

    For those who want to see them…

    🤮🤮Tex*s 🤮🤮

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    Go to Texas, get raped. Got it.

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    a government official advertising rape to the less fortunate? these people saying such ludicrous things need to be put on a noose.

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      wouldn’t work in Abbots case.

      Screenshot_20241222-120737_Firefox

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        lol

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    Thanks, Texas! Good job, as always. I hope your entire state burns to the ground

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    Writes in English.

    Immigrants:" No habla ingles?"

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    Stay classy, Greg Abbot.

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