Greg Abbott Tweets Obviously Fake Quote From Winston Churchill Warning of 'Anti-Fascists'

[DonViejo]

Texas Governor Greg Abbott Tweets Obviously Fake Quote From Winston Churchill Warning of ‘Anti-Fascists’

by Aidan McLaughlin | Aug 7th, 2018, 9:10 am

Texas Governor Greg Abbott tweeted out a meme that attributed an obviously fake quote about “anti-fascists” to Winston Churchill. “Antifa” were in the headlines yesterday, after a group of them — clad in beanies despite the oppressive August heat and armed with whistles, speakerphones and loud chanting — harassed conservative activists Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens at a brunch.

Abbott, the governor of Texas, apparently took note of Owen and Kirk’s harassment. (It was hard not to. Their plight was mentioned 26 times on Fox News — according to a search on the media monitoring service TVEyes — and they appeared on Hannity, Fox & Friends, and Maria Bartiromo‘s show on Fox Business.)

The Texan tweeted this meme in response early Tuesday morning:

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As Twitter users pointed out, the iconic British PM never warned that “fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists” — as prescient as that may sound.

A good rule of thumb for Abbott to follow, courtesy of the Toronto Star‘s Washington reporter Daniel Dale:

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[spanone]

1. greg, try the google

[atreides1]

2. The man needs walk around more

Oops, sorry I forgot about that tree!!!

Abbot must be reading some of those text books that Texas loves so much, the ones where you'll find more information on Marilyn Monroe then you will on James Monroe!!!

[dalton99a]

4. +1. One of the worst hypocrites in Texas government

[Fred Sanders]

3. "The Stupidity and Gullibility of Fascists is Timeless" - Winston Churchill...I mean not Winston

Churchill.

[peekaloo]

5. I think Hitler said the fascists of the future will call themselves Republicans.

See, I can make up shit, too. Although mine is a lot more accurate.

[bullwinkle428]

6. "We will fight them on the beaches, we will fight them on the streets, we will

fight them online!"

[Gothmog]

7. Greg is an idiot

[Gothmog]

8. Greg deletes tweet

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