Take Money From Police! (Just Don’t Defund Them)

TDCJ = Texas state prisons and jails.

DPS = Texas state law enforcement.

TJJD = Texas Juvenile Justice Division.

In other words, Abbott is transferring $250 million away from these three state law enforcement agencies.

You might even call that “defunding” them. pic.twitter.com/iIRk0Z90PS

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) April 29, 2022

Gov. Greg Abbott is using $500 million from the budgets of other Texas agencies to keep his border security mission, Operation Lone Star, alive through the end of the year. https://t.co/R6aHoOlIBy

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) April 29, 2022

Fact-checking Texas leaders’ claims about Operation Lone Star https://t.co/qVQ65FvOFo

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) April 29, 2022

The short version? Operation Lone Star is a failure, and money is going down a rathole. It has accomplished literally nothing, but Abbott can’t admit that, so the state government is going to pay the price so he can keep lying.