Abbott was struck down by the gods of irony shortly after writing this tweet

[kpete]

Greg Abbott

Biden’s vaccine mandate is an assault on private businesses.

I issued an Executive Order protecting Texans’ right to choose whether they get the COVID vaccine & added it to the special session agenda.

Texas is already working to halt this power grab.

https://foxnews.com/politics/biden-set-to-announce-vaccine-mandate-or-weekly-testing-for-companies-with-more-than-100-employees

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[HAB911]

1. self awareness of a stump

actually, he's just flaunting the words "right to choose", big middle finger to everyone

[Lovie777]

2. "Texans' right to choose" . . .

speaking from the arse. Ugh

[niyad]

3. Texans' "right to choose", unless you are a female.

[irisblue]

13. 🔼🔼this🔼🔼

[lark]

4. Texas is working overtime to kill off it's working class & poor for the profit of the rw.

Florida is doing the exact same thing, and both men are despicable murderers on purpose.

[boston bean]

5. They can choose. Get the vax or not.

Others get to choose whether they will still be employed. They cannot cause an unsafe workplace.

[Budi]

7. Exactly. I'm curious to know how many Federal employees work/reside in Tx

Federal Employee Vax Mandate.

OH! From Wiki

Which states has the most Federal Employees? As of September 2013, California has 171,947 (8.3%) federal employees; the District of Columbia has 155,943 (7.5%) federal employees; Virginia has 152,360 (7.4%) federal employees; Texas has 143,087 (6.9%) federal employees; and Maryland has 135,002 (6.5%) federal employees.

Interesting #'s But that's 2013. We need an updated number.

Here's from 2020:

In looking at the federal employed numbers by location outside of the Capital area, the ten states with the largest number of federal employees are:

1. California – 172,553
2. Virginia – 155,682
3. Maryland – 149,673
4. Texas – 148,453
5. Florida – 99,212
6. Georgia – 80,042
7. New York – 68,579
8. Pennsylvania – 68,300
9. Washington – 60,250
10. Ohio – 54,483

[Farmer-Rick]

6. Everyone has a right to catch COVID-19.

That's the right he is protecting and the virus agrees.....

"I issued an Executive Order protecting Texans’ right to choose whether they get the COVID."

You can choose to catch a deadly virus but not much else.

[LiberalArkie]

14. I see the Texas, Arkansas, Florida etc covid decisions as just another way to try and get rid of

the Affordable Care Act and Medicare. They are the ones who will be footing the bills for the hospital care.

[HighFired49]

16. Wait!!

Does this mandate apply to women, too? I'm confused. Didn't he just issue a mandate that said that women don't have the right to choose what they do with their own bodies? He need so clarify this crap!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Struck down by irony? I don't see it and you don't explain

What do you mean?

[Native]

10. His use of the words "right to choose."

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. ok, thx. The RW has been using that for some time, but they think it is logical

They've used it so much that the irony has worn thin and the stupidity of the statement overwhelms.

RW says "right to choose" does not apply to a woman because her fetus at six-weeks has some kind of electrical pulse activity and to them the fetus is a full-fledged person, not a part of the woman's body.

RW says "right to choose" because they think that personal liberty trumps all considerations of public health and the safety of the all the people. They selfishly think they can endanger all who can't get vaccinated.

They purposely forget that it is called "public" health for a good reason.

I haven't seen how Abbott has been "struck down", though. Thanks, but it's okay, not important.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. You mean after Abbott's own 'power grab' he supports the 'right to choose' unprotected COVID?

That man has issues too deep and too numerous to list.

And this while complaining about 'mandate' on private business after his own mandate on female bodies.

I mean ISSUES! Projection is one thing, irony another, and abusing irony takes it to a new level!

[mgardener]

12. Irony

Is wasted on the stupid
Said Oscar Wilde

[cbabe]

15. 'Assault on private business'...?

Like the social media censorship law he just signed?

Double irony.