Greg Abbott's Fight With Biden Sparks Warnings 'Civil War' Has Begun

The escalating battle between Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over the southern border is bringing warnings that a "civil war" is on the verge of breaking out in the U.S.

Conservatives are speculating that a war could erupt as Abbott defends Texas' "constitutional right to self-defense" in response to President Joe Biden's immigration policies. On Thursday, the governor accused the White House of having "broken the compact between the United States and the States" after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal Border Patrol agents can remove razor wire installed at the border at Abbott's direction.

Internet personality Terrence Williams responded to Abbott's statement by warning his 1.7 million followers that "CIVIL WAR IS COMING SOON" in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

"You are trying to start a civil war," Williams told the president in a video posted online. "You got everybody in the state of Texas all bent up."

Conservative commentator Carmine Sabia agreed, writing on X, "Joe Biden is about to start a Civil War over his treasonous handling of the border."

On X, conservative podcaster Graham Allen questioned, "Has Civil War officially begun? Oklahoma and Texas are now defending America!"

Abbott's GOP allies, who include Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, have expressed support for his position and vow to continue assisting Texas as migrants keep crossing the border at record-breaking levels. Migrant encounters reached an all-time high last month, when 302,000 incidents were documented.

The feud between Abbott and the Biden administration has escalated in recent weeks as the governor has ramped up his Operation Lone Star and increased the law enforcement roles of the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard. Earlier this month, Texas authorities seized a public park on the shores of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass and blocked Border Patrol agents from accessing roughly 2.3 miles of the southern border.

A post shared by Chuds of TikTok, an account often critical of conservatives, showed one LinkedIn user asking, "Is this how Civil War erupts? The post then predicted the feud would push Biden to federalize the Texas National Guard, taking control away from Abbott, and eventually lead the president to declare martial law.

On X, Chuds of TikTok captioned the screenshots: "maga is really horny for a civil war."

While Texas Democrats and the White House have blasted Abbott for using "political stunts and inflammatory language to advance his own agenda" and called on Biden to take action against the governor's use of state law enforcement, the president is facing the squeeze from both political parties when it comes to the border.

Abbott's decision to bus migrants to Democrat-led cities, in an effort to alleviate the strain on Texas and put pressure on the Biden administration to respond, has pushed some Democratic officials to break with their party and call out the federal government's response to the influx of migrants.

The mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and New York City have urged Biden to provide more federal assistance to help with the surge of arrivals in their cities. Even Senator John Fetterman, who had once been widely viewed as a progressive, has declared there is a "crisis at our border." The Pennsylvania Democrat said that while he was a proponent of immigration, "it can't be controversial that we should have a secure border."

A Harvard CAPS-Harris poll released Monday shows immigration overtaking inflation as the top policy concern among voters, with 35 percent of Americans listing it as their No. 1 issue, followed by 32 percent who chose inflation.