“This is a Fight for the Future of America”: Texas Gov. Tells Tucker He’s “Prepared” for Conflict with Feds

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) has indicated he will stand his ground against the Biden Administration, telling Tucker Carlson he’s “prepared” to put up a fight over his state’s right to defend its borders.

In an interview released on X Friday, Abbott told Carlson it would be foolish of Biden to attempt to nationalize the Texas National Guard, as has been proposed by radical Democrats.

“Well, first I’ll be shocked,” Abbott admitted, adding, “That would be a boneheaded move on his part. A total disaster.

“For one, as you might imagine, we are prepared in the event that that unlikely event does occur to make sure that we will be able to continue exactly what we’ve been doing over the past month and that is building these barriers. And whether it be the concertina wire or other anti-climbing border barriers, whatever we’ve been building, the Biden administration is now trying to attack us because of it. And we will continue to do exactly what we’re doing to expand our denial of illegal entry into the state of Texas,” the governor declared.

Abbott added he’s already deployed numerous armed law enforcement agents to the southern border, along with the Texas National Guard and “National Guard from other states,” a force he anticipates will expand in the near future.

“We do have other armed state employees on the border as we speak right this minute and that’s the Texas Department of Public Safety, as well as other law enforcement officers (LEO), as well as National Guard from other states, and you can be assured there will be more National Guard from other states and more law enforcement officers within the state of Texas and other states,” Abbott stated, adding a law he signed authorizing LEOs in Texas to arrest illegals goes into effect on March 5.

The Texas governor went on to explain he’d spoken with puppet President Joe Biden directly on the border issue, and that the president’s dereliction of duty to protect Texas borders has triggered the governor’s constitutional authority to act.

“He [Biden] has refused to ever respond,” Abbott said. “We have laid down the precursor of what’s called Article 4, Section 4 of the United States Constitution to show that we have been invaded, and we have demanded support from the president to safeguard our state, and they have refused to do so eight times, and that authorized me to declare an invasion under Article 1, Section 10, of the Constitution to make sure that Texas is going to be able to use every tool in our arsenal to defend our state.”

Abbott also said he believed numerous states would send their National Guard forces to aid Texas, characterizing the skirmish as “a fight for the future of America.”

“I’ll be shocked and disappointed if almost all of them do not send. There have been about 10 so far that have sent National Guard or other law enforcement. They now are joined together with us. And this is a fight for the future of America, and they all know it. And so I believe that they will all be in on this effort.”

Abbott invoked America’s Founding Fathers in a statement earlier this week explaining the US Constitution allows for Texas to defend its sovereignty.