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NEW: Since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott first declared an emergency at the border in 2021, he’s renewed or amended the proclamation at least 69 times. The proclamation has greatly expanded his powers without going through the state Legislature. with @texastribune.org

propublica.orgTrump Says the Border Is Secure. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Keeps Declaring an Emergency.Since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott first declared an emergency at the border in 2021, he’s renewed or amended the proclamation at least 69 times. The proclamation has greatly expanded his powers without goi...

15/10/26, 12:01 pm221 reposts445 likes

Karen from the Space Coast

@karenmoser.bsky.social

If the executive is allowed to use the word "emergency" like a magic wand that allows him to do anything he wants, you just might be living in a dictatorship.

gertrude1907.bsky.social

@gertrude1907.bsky.social

Vote him out!

beingbuddy.bsky.social

@beingbuddy.bsky.social

Another wanna be dicktator.

Jeremy

@bluelightj.fightins.online

Nice

travelingthrulife.bsky.social

@travelingthrulife.bsky.social

And the border is still a ghost town.

Polly Dogood

@pollydogood.com

Sixty-nine emergencies since 2021. In my day a governor who ruled without his Legislature was called a royal governor, and we wrote a whole Declaration about it. An emergency that never ends is simply the weather.