The View’s Joy Behar calls Abbott ‘a sadist’ as border buoy battle intensifies
Asher Notheis
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The View co-host Joy Behar referred to Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) as “a sadist” during Tuesday morning’s episode of the talk show.
Behar’s comment on Abbott comes after the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the governor, demanding that a floating barrier his government installed in the Rio Grande be removed. Abbott said he plans to take the fight to the Supreme Court.
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“You know, the thing about Abbott is that he is a sadist,” Behar said. “I looked up the word ‘sadist.’ It’s a person who derives pleasure, sometimes sexual gratification — I don’t think that’s his problem — from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others. And to that point, I want to tell Americans that Abbott signed a law stripping construction workers, who are working in 110-degree Texas heat — he has stripped them of the right to water breaks every four hours and time to rest in the shade. He does not allow them to just take some water because they’re in this heat.”
Behar said the governor has “a sadistic streak” and that Texas could have Beto O’Rourke as its governor, but voters “passed on him and put this sadist in there.” O’Rourke, who ran as the Democratic Party’s nominee in the 2022 Texas gubernatorial election, lost to Abbott.
In the DOJ’s court filing, the department demanded the Texas government remove the obstruction “at their own expense,” arguing such a move was illegal. In a statement regarding the lawsuit, the White House touted its own work toward border security, criticizing Abbott’s policies toward the situation as “dangerous and unlawful.”
Prior to the lawsuit, O’Rourke called on President Joe Biden to take aggressive action against Abbott.
Abbott has refused to take down floating barriers, writing in a letter to Biden that Texas would use “its constitutional authority to deal with the crisis you have caused.”
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“If you truly care about human life, you must begin enforcing federal immigration laws,” Abbott wrote. “By doing so, you can help me stop migrants from wagering their lives in the waters of the Rio Grande River. You can also help me save Texans, and indeed all Americans, from deadly drugs like fentanyl, cartel violence, and the horrors of human trafficking. To end the risk that migrants will be harmed crossing the border illegally, you must fully enforce the laws of the United States that prohibit illegal immigration between ports of entry.”
The Washington Examiner has contacted Abbott’s office for comment.