The Governor of Texas has found himself in hot water and at the centre of a Twitter roast after claiming that immigrants from South Africa who are carrying the Omicron variant are illegally entering the United States.
Biden banned travel from South Africa because of the new Covid variant.
Immigrants have recently been apprehended crossing our border illegally from South Africa.
Biden is doing nothing to stop immigrants from South Africa entering illegally.
Pure politics and hypocrisy.
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) November 28, 2021
The Republican called out US president Joe Biden for “doing nothing to stop immigrants from South Africa” from entering the US illegally.
Abbott has not deleted his Tweet since, sparking outrage amongst people who said:
It’s a 20 hour flight from Texas to South Africa how are they making that difficult journey to Texas, Greg? Are those illegals on foot? Swimming over? Pray tell
— THEE Jen Psaki’s Head Tilt (@bidonkules) November 29, 2021
Immigrants from South Africa are coming in through the southern border? Really? pic.twitter.com/NIbMZIZx5X
— D Villella ❄️ (@dvillella) November 29, 2021
Anyone that has the stamina and strength to swim across the Atlantic is a huge asset to our society. We should welcome them with open arms. They should immediately be offered jobs in the military or the NFL.
— RotatingWinterStatue (@FLDataDude) November 28, 2021
As A South African, I want to know from other South Africans, do yall have money to illegally enter US of A?? Asking for a friend
— Get Your Vaccine Fokker!!! (@Da_Me_3) November 29, 2021
Please explain how these so called immigrants managed to make their way to your border from as far away as South Africa. Do you even know where South Africa is, Greg? pic.twitter.com/ybhLkULKFL
— JAS16AZ✡️ (@JAS16AZ) November 28, 2021
How does one swim from South Africa to your country through this cold ass Atlantic ocean ? Aren’t you mistaking us with South America maybe? Y’all can be absurds at times, unprovoked. pic.twitter.com/EWtv2IK3If
— ツ Ø ͏ Ʀ ͏ ł ™ ͏ ͏ ❼ (@Ori_Debig_Beats) November 29, 2021
While many people were quick to point out the the two country’s were separated by on Ocean and were 12 000km apart, Abbott refused to delete his Tweet.
Many on Twitter wondered if Abbott knows where South Africa is while others pointed out the the countries were separated by an ocean. This comes after developed nations started shutting their borders to Southern Africa after scientists discovered a new variant named Omicron.
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Picture: Greg Abbott / Twitter