Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been sending buses of migrants from Texas to other states, and particularly to Democrat-led cities, since April.
Now, a viral image purportedly shows a tweet from Abbott in which he claims to have celebrated Christmas Eve by sending migrants out into the "freezing cold."
“We celebrated Christmas Eve by putting migrants on a bus and kicking them out into the freezing cold,” reads the supposed tweet. "May the joy of Christ's birth fill your heart as it did ours. Merry Christmas from the Abbott family.”
A screenshot of the purported tweet was shared in a Dec. 27 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) that garnered more than 400 shares in four days.
Some commenters believed the image was fabricated, while others expressed anger over the supposed message from the governor.
“God forgive you Abbott and friends,” one comment read.
But there is no evidence Abbott published such a tweet. The image appears to have originated as satire.
USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook user who shared the image for comment.
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USA TODAY found no record of the purported tweet on Abbott’s official Twitter account or on archived versions of his account.
There are several clues that suggest the image is fabricated. The font of the tweet does...
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