Trump goes over Biden’s head and ‘encourages’ states to defy him over ‘invasion’ at border

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Former President Donald Trump threw his full support behind Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) in his dispute with President Joe Biden over the border crisis.

In an anticipated statement on Truth Social, Trump hailed Abbott’s decision to refuse to follow a Supreme Court ruling, which effectively said he must cede control over a part of the Mexico-Texas border to the Biden administration. Trump then went a step further and urged all states to follow Abbott’s example to stop an “invasion.”

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