Just to understand how much of a jackass Greg Abbott is

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/20/2017259/-Just-to-understand-how-much-of-a-jackass-Greg-Abbott-is




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President Joseph Biden immediately provided emergency assistance to Texas after the recent winter storm damages and ensuing power failure of Texas’ electrical grid.

What was Texas’ Republican Governor, Greg Abbott’s response to this almost instantaneous provision of emergency relief? Was he grateful? Was he supportive?

No. He decided to be a jackass.

[raccoon]

1. From one of the comments: "on the right, being an asshole is what passes for strength." Nt

[ananda]

2. Jackass is Abbott's modus operandi and..

he has cohorts like Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton..

Well, pretty much all Reeps in Texas are really...

[gademocrat7]

3. Abbott and his cohorts are despicable.

[End Of The Road]

4. Shallow hit piece

I live in Austin. I’ve been pretty lucky, since I’ve had power all week. The big problem for me has been having no running water, and I AM angry about that. At the moment, I have only about two cups of drinking water left (though I think I can get some today).

For the life of me, I can’t blame Abbot for any of this. He inherited ERCOT, and they have not done their job. Neither have the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the TEXAS LEGISLATURE done their jobs as overseers of ERCOT.

In matters like this, the Governor is not the most powerful person in Texas, the Lieutenant Governor is. The blame, in my opinion, should fall on Lt Gov Dan Patrick, the state legislature, and ERCOT far more than Greg Abbot.

[czarjak]

5. Dannie Scott Goeb is a bigger asshole than Greg.

[End Of The Road]

6. May I add, for readers who don't know...

Dannie Scott Goeb is Lt Gov Dan Patrick’s real name. And he is indeed a huge asshole.

[czarjak]

13. As that was my intent. But, I'll take all the assistance I can get.

[Lucky Luciano]

7. He may have inherited, but he approved wholeheartedly...

...with the deregulated corporate anarchy.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. Abbott appointed the 3 members of PUC.

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11. We had no power for 4 days and only got back water yesterday. I personally

would like to put Abbot and his wheelchair and start him rolling down HWY 71 heading toward the Mopac intersection (steep hill) watch him crash. He is a disgusting piece of trash. I can hardly stand to listen to his BS.

How in God's name can we continually elect people like him, Perry, and Bush is beyond me. What the hell has happened to Texas over the last 30 years?

[SmartVoter22]

8. Abbot just supporting 2022 votes

Every GOP up for re-election is terrified about new, more vocal, radicals taking over the state parties. They already have in some states, like Wisconsin's Tea Party control of both houses.

Abbot and the louder than normal crowd, are simply fueling the base in that state. Doubts about Trump's record, his actions and inactions have helped Texas energy network become a laughing stock globally and this fact will be part of the 2022 campaigns.

Abbot has to denounce everything, as that is the only manifesto the GOP has. No solutions, no options, no discussion of the who, whys and hows to fix this mess. It will happen again, with a hurricane and when hundreds are dying, property is damaged into the tens of billions...the blame will fall on the current reelected leaders.
That is Abbot, Trump and the GOP.

I wouldn't make much of anything the GOP screams, at this point, because we will have hindsight in 2021 and 2022 and the voters are paying far more attention to the 'little details' when casting ballots.

This is good to be overly informed, overly scrutinized, as more information will bring the truth to light, the facts to the forefront and the decision ours and ours alone.

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9. The texass lt gov. owes Pa lt gov money.

Pay John Fetterman the money you owe texass.

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12. He's also the one who said some of us may have to die

in order to save the economy.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. Gov. Abbott vetoes bipartisan anti dog-chain bill. Twitter responds with #AbbottHatesDogs.

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15. #Abbotthatedogs is still trending on twitter

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