When you think of men alone on the Texas border protecting settlers from murderous Comanche raiders, bandits and man-burners, you might think of Larry McMurtry’s Texas Rangers, hard men like Captain Woodrow F. Call and Captain Augustus “Gus” McCrae. They were always doing what needed to be done.

You’re probably not thinking of the man in a conservative blue suit and rep tie, sitting calmly in a wheelchair.

But there he is. So take a look: Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, hero of the American border.

Yes, what Abbott has done is heroic. There is no question about this. Only mentally defective Bolsheviks, left-wing journos and Democrat activists lunatics would say otherwise.