▲ 460 ▼ Joe Biden Faces Growing Calls to Federalize Texas National Guard (www.newsweek.com) submitted 2 years ago by Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 107 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Tenthrow@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (2 children) Please don't leave me here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dhork@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Just learn some Spanish and Abbott will let you get on a bus to come up North, for free! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) If Texass suddenly became its own country, I wouldn't expect them to be so generous to those people as to keep sending them to better places. They'd probably decide those people should be concentrated somewhere away from decent Texans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Those Texans forget that current prosperity relies on being part of the Union. As soon as they leave they will be worse than just having tariffs; they'd be embargoded so hard Cuba looks like a trade empire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StraySojourner@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I had a buddy in the army who desperately wanted to believe Texas was a fully functional country that needed no America. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PugJesus@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) We'll send helicopters to evac the sane. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Perhaps some kind of railroad, but hidden somehow like it was underground permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SuiXi3D@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago But much like Texas railroads currently, it’ll get bogged down in lawsuits and never happen. I just wanna be able to ride a train around the state. Is that so hard to ask? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dhork@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Just learn some Spanish and Abbott will let you get on a bus to come up North, for free! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) If Texass suddenly became its own country, I wouldn't expect them to be so generous to those people as to keep sending them to better places. They'd probably decide those people should be concentrated somewhere away from decent Texans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Those Texans forget that current prosperity relies on being part of the Union. As soon as they leave they will be worse than just having tariffs; they'd be embargoded so hard Cuba looks like a trade empire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StraySojourner@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I had a buddy in the army who desperately wanted to believe Texas was a fully functional country that needed no America. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) If Texass suddenly became its own country, I wouldn't expect them to be so generous to those people as to keep sending them to better places. They'd probably decide those people should be concentrated somewhere away from decent Texans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Those Texans forget that current prosperity relies on being part of the Union. As soon as they leave they will be worse than just having tariffs; they'd be embargoded so hard Cuba looks like a trade empire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StraySojourner@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I had a buddy in the army who desperately wanted to believe Texas was a fully functional country that needed no America. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Those Texans forget that current prosperity relies on being part of the Union. As soon as they leave they will be worse than just having tariffs; they'd be embargoded so hard Cuba looks like a trade empire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StraySojourner@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I had a buddy in the army who desperately wanted to believe Texas was a fully functional country that needed no America. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StraySojourner@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I had a buddy in the army who desperately wanted to believe Texas was a fully functional country that needed no America. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) We'll send helicopters to evac the sane. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Perhaps some kind of railroad, but hidden somehow like it was underground permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SuiXi3D@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago But much like Texas railroads currently, it’ll get bogged down in lawsuits and never happen. I just wanna be able to ride a train around the state. Is that so hard to ask? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Perhaps some kind of railroad, but hidden somehow like it was underground permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SuiXi3D@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago But much like Texas railroads currently, it’ll get bogged down in lawsuits and never happen. I just wanna be able to ride a train around the state. Is that so hard to ask? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SuiXi3D@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago But much like Texas railroads currently, it’ll get bogged down in lawsuits and never happen. I just wanna be able to ride a train around the state. Is that so hard to ask? permalink fedilink source parent