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Texas border dispute breeds loose talk of civil war, resistance on right

wapo.st Analysis | Texas border dispute breeds loose talk of civil war, resistance on right

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) isn’t technically defying the Supreme Court. But others, like Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R), are gesturing cavalierly toward a more direct conflict.

To be clear, what's going on is that the Governor of Texas is using the National Guard to block US border patrol from accessing the border, and using language that is very similar to that in the articles of secession to justify it.

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