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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTx Governor abbott backed out of throwing the first pitch
at Rangers opener today in protest to mlb Georgia,
nobody cared as an Elementary School teacher threw the first pitch and a nurse caught it..
40,000 in attendance, some mask but definitely not all and no social distancing.
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Tx Governor abbott backed out of throwing the first pitch (Original Post)
Beachnutt
Apr 2021
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I have absolutely no respect for Gov. Abbott. He began to lose total credibility when he
walkingman
Apr 2021
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El Supremo
(20,429 posts)1. Was Dubya there?
Has he abandoned his party?
Beachnutt
(8,873 posts)4. Ole Shrub is pretty quiet these days, the older he gets the
more the deaths of thousands haunt him.
El Supremo
(20,429 posts)6. W recently said that he was looking forward to attending the game...
with a capacity crowd. Everything is bigger in Texas, even superspreaders.
Sanity Claws
(22,363 posts)2. Feared booing?
Beachnutt
(8,873 posts)3. Feared covid probably
walkingman
(10,491 posts)5. I have absolutely no respect for Gov. Abbott. He began to lose total credibility when he
began puppeting Donald Trump and it was over when he tried to blame green energy for the misery of millions of Texas caused by the "Big Freeze". In truth it was a total failure of Abbott/Patrick and the GOP Legislature for deregulation of the energy industry in Texas.
He is soon to be a has-been.
