I feel for the poster w/ the "conservative" relatives in Houston. I've heard similar - people who claim to be conservative, but voted for Beto because Abbott is "too conservative". Ugh. Abbott's a follower of money and polls. If other states hadn't started relaxing their pandemic measures, Abbott definitely wouldn't have - he ignored th…
I feel for the poster w/ the "conservative" relatives in Houston. I've heard similar - people who claim to be conservative, but voted for Beto because Abbott is "too conservative". Ugh. Abbott's a follower of money and polls. If other states hadn't started relaxing their pandemic measures, Abbott definitely wouldn't have - he ignored the TX constitution with his mandates and gave free reign to some of the worst county leaders to shut down their counties and terrorize their citizens. Yeah, he eventually started relaxing that nonsense after FL showed the way, but he shut down businesses and took away freedoms. He has worked behind the scenes to keep the "T" movement going and mutilating our kids by slow-walking that sort of legislation. His constant pandering to the left-leaning big tech companies may attract job, but at the cost of importing people who don't share TX values.
I voted against Abbott in the primary, but for him in the general. While I don't like a lot of his actions over the last couple of years, O'Rourke would be _far_ worse.
Totally agree! Held my nose and voted for him because no way could I vote for Beto. There was an ad on the radio about Abbott being an “extreme conservative” and it made me think the left has no clue what an ACTUAL conservative is, if they think Abbott is extreme. Abbott does what’s best for Abbott. I’d say he has no spine, but that seems cruel seeing as how he’s wheelchair bound.
Worse - he actually declared some businesses non-essential and then let the county leaders run roughshod over their citizens. He pushed for a state-wide mask mandate days after saying the TX constitution wouldn't let him do that. He's _still_ continuing the "state of emergency". It's sad that he got as many votes as he did in the primary - still not really sure why.
Randy Kelton (look up Rule of Law Radio) filed a complaint before a Grand Jury in TX in 2020. The next day Abbott withdrew his EOs re Covid and other things, many Republican governors followed suite very soon after. My understanding is something similar happened in FL although I haven't actually read that complaint so not absolutely sure. It's possible that two men filing the right legal action in the right way turned the tide of tyranny around. That and it was politically popular with conservative voters. And also ethical lawyers like Jeff.
Hmm - I seem to remember Abbott pulling his mask mandate in Feb/March 2021, but maybe he scaled back some nonsense he'd done for 2020. There were definitely far too many businesses shuttered as "non-essential" and too many petty dictators in charge of counties gleefully issuing mandates and portraying anyone pushing back as not caring about grandma.
Sadly, Abbott really only started letting go after FL led the way. (And man, the screaming of the mask-happy crowds as people were "allowed" to go maskless....)
I feel for the poster w/ the "conservative" relatives in Houston. I've heard similar - people who claim to be conservative, but voted for Beto because Abbott is "too conservative". Ugh. Abbott's a follower of money and polls. If other states hadn't started relaxing their pandemic measures, Abbott definitely wouldn't have - he ignored the TX constitution with his mandates and gave free reign to some of the worst county leaders to shut down their counties and terrorize their citizens. Yeah, he eventually started relaxing that nonsense after FL showed the way, but he shut down businesses and took away freedoms. He has worked behind the scenes to keep the "T" movement going and mutilating our kids by slow-walking that sort of legislation. His constant pandering to the left-leaning big tech companies may attract job, but at the cost of importing people who don't share TX values.
I voted against Abbott in the primary, but for him in the general. While I don't like a lot of his actions over the last couple of years, O'Rourke would be _far_ worse.
Totally agree! Held my nose and voted for him because no way could I vote for Beto. There was an ad on the radio about Abbott being an “extreme conservative” and it made me think the left has no clue what an ACTUAL conservative is, if they think Abbott is extreme. Abbott does what’s best for Abbott. I’d say he has no spine, but that seems cruel seeing as how he’s wheelchair bound.
Have a feeling that would be my take on Abbott, too, if I lived in Texas. During the height of covidianism I was surprised how anemic he was.
Worse - he actually declared some businesses non-essential and then let the county leaders run roughshod over their citizens. He pushed for a state-wide mask mandate days after saying the TX constitution wouldn't let him do that. He's _still_ continuing the "state of emergency". It's sad that he got as many votes as he did in the primary - still not really sure why.
Wow that's sickening.
Randy Kelton (look up Rule of Law Radio) filed a complaint before a Grand Jury in TX in 2020. The next day Abbott withdrew his EOs re Covid and other things, many Republican governors followed suite very soon after. My understanding is something similar happened in FL although I haven't actually read that complaint so not absolutely sure. It's possible that two men filing the right legal action in the right way turned the tide of tyranny around. That and it was politically popular with conservative voters. And also ethical lawyers like Jeff.
Hmm - I seem to remember Abbott pulling his mask mandate in Feb/March 2021, but maybe he scaled back some nonsense he'd done for 2020. There were definitely far too many businesses shuttered as "non-essential" and too many petty dictators in charge of counties gleefully issuing mandates and portraying anyone pushing back as not caring about grandma.
Sadly, Abbott really only started letting go after FL led the way. (And man, the screaming of the mask-happy crowds as people were "allowed" to go maskless....)