RFK Jr. backs Texas amid border standoff with Feds, says state has 'no choice' but to act

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Thursday expressed support for Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott and the Lone Star State's efforts to unilaterally secure the border, contending that the Biden administration's handling of the matter had forced Austin's hand.

Abbott this week expressed defiance toward the administration amid a court battle over the state's deployment of razor wire, contending that Texas had a right to defend itself that trumped federal statutes.

"Texas is right. Biden’s failure to secure the border leaves states no choice but to take matters into their own hands," Kennedy posted on X in response to Abbott's statement. "As President, I will end this humanitarian crisis once and for all. I will secure the border and destroy the business model of the drug cartels. A country without borders is not a country at all."

Kennedy joins a growing number of political figures expressing support for Abbott this week. Several Republican governors, including Florida's Ron DeSantis have publicly vowed to back Texas as it seeks to combat the unprecedented surge in illegal crossings.

Abbott and the Biden administration have quarreled over a litany of issues largely stemming from Operation Lone Star, Texas's own border enforcement effort. The current dispute involves federal agents cutting through a razor-wire fence the state installed on private and state property along the border.

Though Texas secured an injunction at the appellate level barring the feds from cutting through the fence except in the case of an emergency, the Supreme Court this week lifted that restriction. Neither judicial body has yet ruled on the case's merits.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter.