Greg Abbott Refuses to Fix the Grid, Takes $1 Million Donation

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https://www.texasdemocrats.org/media/icymi-greg-abbott-refuses-to-fix-the-grid-takes-1-million-donation-from-company-that-made-billions-off-the-winter-storm-disaster-instead/

AUSTIN, Texas — In a recent article by the Texas Observer, Gov. Greg Abbott is once again being called out for working against the interest of Texans.

In the wake of the massive electrical grid failure in February that killed an estimated 700 Texans — including through the worst carbon monoxide poisoning catastrophe in recent U.S. history — and caused an estimated $295 billion in damages, Gov. Abbott did not properly address the failures of his own administration and did even less to prevent a similar catastrophe from happening again.

And even as Abbott demanded legislators come back to Austin for a special session, he left fixing the grid off the agenda. Instead, he’s determined to pass anti-voter laws in Texas — which is already the hardest state in the nation to vote in.

Last month, Energy Transfer Partners founder and executive chairman Kelcy Warren donated a record-setting $1 million dollars to Abbott’s campaign — a big thank you as the pipeline operator profited heavily ($2.4 billion) off the surging natural gas prices during the freeze as power plants ran low on supply. While Abbott donors like Warren raked in profits, millions of people across the state lost power and hundreds of people froze to death in their homes. In the wake of this horrific Republican-made disaster, Abbott and Texas Republican lawmakers did nothing to institute more regulations on the companies that profited from the disaster. Rather, Abbott is cashing their checks, leaving millions of Texans uncertain about the reliability of power in the state.

Which references: https://www.texasobserver.org/after-kelcy-warrens-energy-transfer-partners-made-billions-from-the-deadly-texas-blackouts-he-gave-1-million-to-greg-abbott/

[I_UndergroundPanther]

5. They should be arrested for

Negligent homicide

[leftieNanner]

2. I hope Beto runs

and kicks his ASS!

[NCjack]

3. My concern is the masochistic relationship Texans have with Right Wingers. That is,

will Texans ever experience enough pain to turn on the Repukes?

[leftieNanner]

7. I keep hoping they will

And then they prove me wrong every time. Electing and reelecting LUNATICS. The bar has gone so low, it's now underground.

SMDH

[Dustlawyer]

4. Yet another example of why we need to get the money out of our politics.

[Paladin]

6. Waiting time to get a home generator in the Houston area: 33 weeks.

I'd like to think that Abbott will pay a price for fucking around on the grid issue. But I'm a life-long Texan, so I know better than to count on it...

[flying_wahini]

8. Just when I think Abbott can't sink any lower.....

He is such an asshole. Probably took 5 times that amt but had to write something down.