Texas Mayor, how it started, how it's going

[Johnny2X2X]

LOL! Guy is awful. And now he’s whining.

Link to tweet

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[BeerBarrelPolka]

1. Hmmm

They elected this scum.

[Blue_true]

15. Every one of his campaign posters likely had him with a gun in his hand.

That was enough for most to think that he was up to the job.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

18. Yes

You're probably right. But this idiot cannot form a coherent sentence. I mean people wonder how stereotypes come to life....

[C_U_L8R]

2. First rule of Republican hate club

You're not supposed to say the unspeakable parts out loud except in secret fundraisers.

[Claire Oh Nette]

3. He'd let them freeze to death

but he'd never take their livelihood.

Selfish I, me, mine attitude of christian prosperity gospel.

Indignant that he's facing the consequences of his thoughtless heartless words. Wah.

[csziggy]

27. After all, he only wanted them to parish

Parish the thought!

[ZZenith]

4. Wow! Such a complete lack of awareness.

That’s remarkable even in this day and age.

His first post is essentially the Republican Party platform though, innit?

[Bucky]

14. Well, he forgot to say "thoughts and prayers"

[Takket]

5. elect a clown, get a circus.

[Bucky]

11. And that's why they call themselves The Big Tent Party

[Baitball Blogger]

6. If I were paying taxes to the local and county government, I would be livid.

[Irish_Dem]

7. They simply do not care if people die needlessly on their watch.

These so called leaders are inhuman.

[Blue_true]

21. Unfortunately, he represents the basic mindset of most White evangelicals.

They believe that everyone but them are getting handouts and when the time comes, they try to punish the freeloaders, even if no one ever was freeloading.

[Irish_Dem]

34. Right they themselves are corrupt and steal as much of the taxpayer money as possible.

That is part of why they don't want to provide governmental services, more for themselves.

[Blue_true]

39. That or the hand out tax breaks to companies and people who don't need them. nt

[Irish_Dem]

46. That is part of the corruption, channel money to rich donors who then

give them kickbacks in some form.

The GOP is a crime syndicate.

[Irish_Dem]

59. He represents most GOP leadership.

[Baked Potato]

8. "The weak will parish" Get a grip, man o' god, you look desperate.

Or is it disparate?

[BigmanPigman]

16. There are a zillion errors, so many that I stopped counting.

My 1st graders could spell better than this guy does.

[Baked Potato]

20. I know man. I can't believe the callousness of these "people."

[Bucky]

9. I'm currently waterless & powerless in Houston. And yes, I'm adapting

But this guy's bonkers. We do expect people to take some personal initiative and protect themselves, obviously. But a mayor's job in a time like this is to make public resources available to those who are truly in need. And there are many, many people in every community who don't have the resources to survive a disaster like this... a disaster partly caused by the foolish privatization of the energy sector.

What an entitled twit. I'm certain from his post that he has power and running water right now. Only someone who doesn't know want could be this heartless.

[cannabis_flower]

24. And internet or cell phone...

I am sitting in a restaurant in Houston waiting for food because although I have electricity, I don’t have water. My phone is working on and off, my internet is down. And it might sound like a small thing but I work from home, so no internet, no work.

[Bucky]

35. I couldn't find an open restaurant yesterday, I'm glad some are open

What part of town are you in?

I'm on the east side, so everything's dark... except the downtown skyline

[cannabis_flower]

51. Spring Branch..

I went to Tacos del Julio and we got Caldo Tlapeno and Pastor Tacos.

[Roland99]

10. "parish"? "set back"?

Oof

[Blue_true]

12. Stop whining Mayor. Your wife should create her own job. nt

[Mabel]

13. He has no tears for anyone else

but he would like sympathy and a pass, because he's facing some consequences for his own remarks.... typical

[dlk]

17. An unfortunate display of untreated mental illness

He needs serious help!

[Blue_true]

25. No, it is not mental illness.

That guy very likely hates many of the people that he was elected to serve.

[dlk]

29. That degree of hatred is outside of a normal range of behavior

There is something seriously wrong with him.

[lame54]

19. This jobs hard. I'm leaving.

[dalton99a]

22. Fucking moron

[LizBeth]

23. Sounds to me like he needs to shut up, quit demanding others take care of his family and do the damn

job himself instead of blaming others.

[Blue_true]

30. He is displaying the typical republican mentality.

Everyone need to lift themselves up by their bootstraps, except when he and his family is negatively impacted (in this case, by his own petard).

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

26. I guess it's now "former" Texas mayor. nt

[Ferrets are Cool]

28. This IS the repuqican party.

Pure evil. And he would consider himself a "christian". His kind make me want to

[Blue_true]

32. White evangelicals fell over themselves to support Trump.

There were some that did not, but they were in a decided minority. They practice evil pretty much every day of their lives, and most likely would chose a cleverly disguised satan over Jesus 10 times out of 10.

[ProfessorGAC]

31. To Be Clear...

...this randian know-it-all is the mayor of a town of 4,600.
His biggest concern is whether to license the next pizza joint.
His pomposity greatly exceeds his importance as an elected official.
And, he's a moronic punk who apparently has never heard of an "act of god". And, I'm certain he beats his chest over his faith.

[Blue_true]

33. He likely campaigned with a gun on his hip.

And people there likely lapped that up like hungry wolves. Maybe they should have elected the person who showed some concern about the wellbeing of the town.

[ProfessorGAC]

41. In A Town That Size...

...he could get elected by his drinking buddies.
My town is 6,000 and it happened here. And we're still technically Chicago metro.
Big mouth, fake veteran drunk who owned a plumbing outfit got elected mayor by word of mouth of the gang he drank with.
That guy has said some really stupid stuff, but not close to as bad as "don't care if you die".

[Blue_true]

44. You have a point.

Too many people don’t care about local elections. Our side is particularly bad in that regard.

[Mr.Bill]

36. If that first post was in the morning,

I would bet he was up all night drinking.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

38. And

And if his wife lost her job because of him and they have no heat, he'll be getting the cold shoulder.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

37. This needs to be posted

This needs to be posted on the Texas Getting Bashed thread.

[JDC]

40. I guess he and his unemployed wife need to think outside the box

And fend for themselves.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

43. I wonder

I wonder if they'll be collecting socialized unemployment benefits?

[JDC]

45. Definitely not.

They are doers and thinkers. They will plan and provide for their family by other means. They also will absolutely not accept any Covid relief money for themselves or their children. Food on the table and making the mortgage payment by any way other than jobs that they have yet to get would send the wrong message to the kids.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

47. Hahaha

[roamer65]

42. Religion is poison and it's purveyors are murderers.

How many have died in TX at the hand of these Repuke religious freaks?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

48. Nothing beats getting dressed-down by your own mayor when you're freezing your ass off.

.............

Where I came from in the South, self-righteousness was a sin too. Of course, all my folks went through the Great Depression and WW2 so humility was well instilled into everyone.

Nothing worse for the USA's future than an arrogant, evangelical Republican on a soap box...

KY

[superpatriotman]

49. Government hater running the government

When will folks learn?

[Enterstageleft]

50. Elections, actions & words...

have consequences...dumb ass!

[gldstwmn]

52. He resigned!

[Mr.Bill]

57. Probably wants to focus on his Congressional campaign. n/t

[Renew Deal]

53. Grandma needs to go out there and rub two sticks together

I’m actually surprised he resigned.

[rockfordfile]

54. our fellow Americans down in Texas should be able to line, like from movie years ago

our fellow Americans down in Texas should be able to line, like from movie years ago, to slap him around. /s

[Mister Ed]

55. Have his constituents faithfully paid their taxes...

...only to be told by their elected officials to fend for themselves when they need emergency services? Wow.

[Irish_Dem]

61. They also paid their power bills.

And they are not getting power.
Paid their taxes for city services and not getting them.

[Yavin4]

56. Just want to clear something up. If you pay for a service, say electrical services, don't they owe

you the service?

You are ENTITLED to something that you've PAID for.

[Irish_Dem]

60. Exactly, they paid for something they are not getting.

It is not a hand out.

[Klaralven]

58. Colorado City mayor resigns, responds to his controversial Facebook post

https://ktxs.com/news/local/colorado-city-mayor-resigns-after-controversial-facebook-post