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Well, howdy there, Internet People Lidsboo again. So today we are going to talk about

Texas and Governor Abbott and how some Republicans are starting to see through the political stunts that are being

performed in an attempt to motivate the base and how Republicans are starting to see Abbott for who he is.

If you were one of those who believed there was no way that any Texas program could be worse than Operation

Lone Star, you were proven wrong last week.

Operation Lone Star is the governor's attempt at a mobilization within Texas to secure the

border which had its press release of successes ripped apart by ProPublica and Texas Tribune

if you're not following those outlets they're worth following.

In an attempt to, I guess, regain the momentum,

he instituted what amounted to a second customs checkpoint ran by the state in Texas checking

semi trucks under the guise of border security just like Operation Lone Star.

The end result of which it has now been shut down, but during that time lost about a quarter of a billion dollars in fruits and

vegetables alone that's the cost. Not the cost of actually running the operation. That's the

cost that the average person in Texas is going to have to deal with because he wants to motivate the base.

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