Lincoln Project says ad attacking Greg Abbott pulled from Texas football game

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A group of disgruntled Republicans has questioned if the Texas governor, Greg Abbott, used political influence to pull a TV ad criticising his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

According to a statement issued on Sunday, the Lincoln Project was told the ad, Abbott’s Wall, was being pulled just 10 minutes before it was due to air on ESPN during a nationally televised football game between the University of Texas and Rice University on Saturday night.

The 60-second slot, which the Lincoln Project said cost $25,000 and was approved by ESPN lawyers, blames the Republican governor for more than 60,000 Covid deaths in the state, against a backdrop of images of the US southern border wall.

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“We were told it was a ‘university-made decision’” to pull the ad, the Lincoln Project said in a press release. “Did Greg Abbott or his allies assert political influence to ensure the advertisement was not broadcast?”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lincoln-project-says-ad-attacking-greg-abbott-pulled-from-texas-football-game/ar-AAOCX8z

If you haven't seen the ad.

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1. K&R

[Mad_Machine76]

2. "Free Speech"

for some?!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. This is a great ad

[UTUSN]

4. Funny (not) how these self-proclaimed "freedom" lovers expose themselves as Authoritarians

This a-hole just a couple of months ago also suppressed a history book (Forget the Alamo), besides his career-long of appearing only with friendly audiences and interviewers.

Or how about that suppressing voting and Choice for other people while imposing and inflicting their wingnut "choices" on others?

Like when a rotted tree fell on him jogging as a student (quadraplegic/wheelchair) and he won $15 millions suing the property owner & landscaper, but one of his earliest political activities was to get a CAP put on others who might sue, $250K tops for them/anybody else but him.

Plus always hitting DOWN, all policies aimed at hurting the most vulnerable and needy.

*** So the AWright Idiot McConaghey (another surname I can't spell, like Schwarztennegger and Stephanopoulis) is clocking ahead of ABBUTT in opinion polls, while Beto is getting ready to run maybe. The best the Awright Idiot could do would be as an Independent; worst, as Repuke - either way hurting the Dem mainstream. As for Beto, scaring Cancun CRUZ last time wasn't enough, needed to WIN. If he loses now, he will be forever stuck as a loser. And it's the jerk Austin young "Libs" who always pick the KEWL option (AWright Idiot), thereby sinking the mainstream Dem. Austin ain't kewl, they're always trying too hard to be KEWL, always playing to the gallery, always looking over their shoulder for the latest FAD. And the Hollywood "down home" types moving to Austin ain't helping.

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5. Republicans now ask themselves "WWPD"

What would Putin do?

[GoodRaisin]

6. But it would be fine if they were to air a 60 second ad

lying that Joe Biden is increasing everyone’s taxes.