The office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday hit back against the White House’s sharp comments directed at him for transporting more migrants to Washington, D.C. over the weekend where they arrived outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ home on Christmas Eve in below freezing temperatures, and called president Joe Biden the ‘Hypocrite-in-Chief’.
“The White House is full of a bunch of hypocrites, led by the Hypocrite-in-Chief …. Instead of their hypocritical complaints about Texas providing much-needed relief to our overrun and overwhelmed border communities, President Biden and Border Czar Harris need to step up and do their jobs to secure the border—something they continue failing to do,” said Renae Eze, a spokesperson for Abbott, in a statement.
The news comes after three buses carrying migrants arrived in Washington, D.C. on Christmas Eve, at least one of which dropped off passengers near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Amy Fischer, an aid worker stationed outside Harris’ residence at the Naval Observatory, stated that 139 migrants, many of whom were families, arrived late Saturday in three buses, none of whom were dressed for the cold. The temperature had dropped into the teens.
According to reports, the people were then taken to a nearby church.
Democrats across the country chastised Abbott for his trip, which White House spokesperson Abdullah Hasan described as a “cruel, dangerous, and shameful stunt.”
“Governor Abbott abandoned children on the side of the road in below-freezing temperatures on Christmas Eve without coordinating with any Federal or local authorities,” he said in a statement earlier in the week.
Abbott has been busing migrants from Texas on a regular basis for months, ostensibly to protest “reckless” federal border policies and to provide “relief” to border communities.
According to a spokesperson for the Texas Division of Emergency Management, the state spent more than $12 million on the trips, which included charter buses and security, in September.
Texas has bused over 8,700 migrants to Washington, D.C., 4,500 to New York City, 1,500 to Chicago, and 520 to Philadelphia since April.
