- While Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush (Jeb’s son) discussed the border wall on Fox & Friends, he also mentioned that private landowners have asked if they can shoot at “illegal immigrants” under trespassing laws.
- “I just wrapped up a week-long tour of the border from El Paso to McAllen, and some landowners are asking can I shoot?” the nephew of 43rd President George W. Bush asked.
- “Can I shoot to basically withstand the amount of surge that we are seeing?” Bush noted. “Of course, we want a more peaceful approach to this but building walls work.”
Colby Hall from Mediaite writes:
“Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush appeared on Fox & Friends Monday morning to discuss Texas state efforts to build a border wall and floated the idea that private landowners are asking if they can shoot at illegal immigrants under trespassing laws that are being broken.
The nephew of 43rd President George W. Bush and candidate for Texas Attorney General mentioned shooting firearms at illegal immigrants as a means to show how dire the situation is. “I just wrapped up a week-long tour of the border from El Paso to McAllen and some landowners are asking can I shoot? Can I shoot to basically withstand the amount of surge that we are seeing?” he noted. “Of course, we want a more peaceful approach to this but building walls work.”
“Do you mean can I shoot?” Steve Doocy asked. “Can I use — have a firearm to protect my family or what do you mean by that?”
“That is correct,” Bush replied before making a not-so-subtle reference to a famous phrase put into the political discourse by his grandfather, former President George H. W. Bush…”
See full story here.
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