A singular figure in Texas' coronavirus response, Gov. Greg Abbott leads a state headed in an

[TexasTowelie]

A singular figure in Texas’ coronavirus response, Gov. Greg Abbott leads a state headed in an alarming direction

by Emma Platoff, Texas Tribune


One evening last week, after making one of his most consequential decisions yet in Texas’ response to the coronavirus, Gov. Greg Abbott settled in for his pandemic routine: a rapid-fire round of local TV interviews from his campaign’s satellite studio in Austin.

In the hours since he’d issued a statewide mask mandate, Abbott had taken a familiar shellacking from both sides of the aisle: the Democrats who had wanted the mask requirement weeks earlier, and some Republicans who had not wanted it at all.

An anchor with KIII in Corpus Christi offered a measure of sympathy.

“Governor, I must tell you I wouldn’t trade jobs with you for anything,” he said, drawing chuckles from Abbott.

“You articulate it well,” Abbott later said. “I get it from both sides.”

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/11/texas-greg-abbott-coronavirus-response/

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1. remember one of the first things he said

Was "there is lots more to do than living." That was to us the over 60's that we should sacrifice ourselves. I was curious if he knew something we didn't. Or is he a zombire?