Thread by @SusanKBradford

The GOP is deeply invested in costly political stunts that cost the American people millions — if not billions—of 💰.

#GOPHypocrisy

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2/the #gregabbottborderstunt resulted in TX losing $477M per day, & the US losing nearly $9B total due to the delays.

Abbott has also used taxpayer funds to 🚌 migrants from the border to DC — a cruel publicity stunt.

#AbbottFailedTexas

3/At least 1 🚌 reportedly dropped off its passengers in front of the bldg that houses Fox News, NBC News & C-SPAN. These nonsensical acts clearly aren't solving any border issues. And it can be argued they aren’t helpful to Abbott personally either.

#abbottisahumantrafficker

4/Both Democrats & Republicans have criticized Abbott’s truck delays. And Republicans aren’t completely sold on his migrant busing stunt either (which probably explains why he’s begging private donors to fund it now).

#AbbottIsTheCrisis #AbbottFailedTexasAgain

5/At the nat’l level, #rethuglicans are goading Dems into a game of 🐓over Covid funding, claiming they’ll block passage of any bill funding the pandemic resp unless Dems move to reinstate Title 42, the immigration policy that lets the US turn migrants away on publ health grounds