maybe actively trapping people in a river full of razor wire wasn’t the best idea. this is the state of the republican party; and in a very real way, it always has been.

Texas Solicitor General Aaron Nielson argued Wednesday that local authorities would work with its federal partners if S.B. 4 is implemented, seeking to downplay the sweeping powers the law could potentially give to local authorities.

He also acknowledged that lawmakers who crafted the legislation tried to go “up to the line” on previous Supreme Court precedent on state immigration powers and no further. (A 2012 landmark Supreme Court decision shot down an Arizona immigration law that tried to give state and local authorities power over immigration enforcement.)

“Now, to be fair, maybe Texas went too far,” Nielson said, according to CNN.

When your innate rationality fucks up your republiQan barking orders.