• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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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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    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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    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 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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        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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    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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    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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      Interesting question if Luigi had just raped that CEO would he get more time or less? Edit - “allegedly”

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

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    A third of my mortgage is insurance because these dipshits let the state freeze and he waste money on this shit. Fucking ghoul