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Related: About this forumWATCH: Gov. Greg Abbott practices sounding sincere for mic check ahead of briefing
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Sarah K. Burris
February 24, 2021
WATCH: Gov. Greg Abbott practices sounding sincere for mic check ahead of briefing
https://www.rawstory.com/greg-abbott-practices-sincerity/
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) has spent the better part of the last two weeks being attacked for what Democratic critics call "failed leadership."
Rep. Ted "Cancún" Cruz (R-TX) infuriated his state so much that his approval has fallen 20 percent among Republican voters. There aren't updated polling reports on Abbott, but anger against him grew in the state, the Washington Post reported, even as power was being restored to frigid Texans.
Ahead of another briefing by Abbott, he tested the microphone, but instead of "test, test, one, two, three, four," Abbott practiced "sounding sincere," observed Quorum Report editor Scott Braddock. .............................
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riversedge
Feb 2021
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CanonRay
(16,028 posts)1. Shades of Fargo
magicarpet
(18,464 posts)2. Was that a good fake sincerity,... or should it be faker than that ?
Honestly I am not here for the benefit of the common Joe. I am only here to keep my rich political donors happy.
LetMyPeopleVote
(176,745 posts)3. I know Greg
He has to practice because he does not have a sincere bone in his body
