Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) dismissed an invite from New York City Mayor Eric Adams to stay at a migrant shelter for free.
Abbott was in New York on Thursday, and at a press conference that same day, Adams offered him a room to stay. The mayor suggested that Abbott would see “how we are treating people with the dignity and respect that he should have shown as well.” This was in reference to the immigrants Abbott sent to Adams’s “sanctuary city” from Texas. Abbott appeared on Hannity on Thursday to respond to the invitation.
“The invitation is nothing more than a gimmick,” Abbott said. “What I would suggest to the mayor of New York is there are people dying on his watch — law enforcement officers who are being gunned down by people that have been arrested 20 times. And he needs to take charge and make sure they keep behind bars dangerous criminals that are killing his fellow New Yorkers. He also needs to educate Americans and New Yorkers about why he is spending their taxpayer money to house migrants here illegally because of Joe Biden’s open-border policies.”