Where is Greg Abbott? His Silence is Dangerous.
Gov. Greg Abbott’s silence on the siege of the U.S. Capitol is shameful and weak. Sen. Ted Cruz, Congressman Louie Gohmert, indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton and state Party Chair Allen West all played prominent roles in pushing unsubstantiated claims of election fraud that intentionally riled up President Trump’s truest believers to a deadly pitch. Abbott should call out those who are complicit, and try to deescalate tensions because as the Texas legislature begins session this week there are valid concerns about the safety of staff, members and guests at the state Capitol in Austin. The initial plots in Washington were planned out in the open and the same is happening for future events to disrupt the inauguration and statehouses. These are the moments when real leadership shows itself and right now Abbott’s is hiding amongst the noise.
Since Jan 5th Abbott has tweeted about the Georgia runoffs and Twitter censoring conservatives but not a character about the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol or the officer who lost his life in the line of duty there. It appears he deleted a retweet about “LAW & ORDER” after the Texas Signal called him out for his deafening silence after the violent attack against Capitol law enforcement. It was only a couple of months ago that he organized a press conference to sign an oversized printout of his “Back the Blue” pledge. Saturday was National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, a fact not missed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick but seems to have alluded Gov. Abbott.
Multiple hashtags have trended on Twitter calling for Ted Cruz to resign after he led an attempt to overturn the election results. The Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express News editorial boards have also called for his resignation and removal. The Chronicle wrote that Cruz deserved “special condemnation” because he “should damn well know better.” The Express News wrote that Cruz, “must be expelled from the Senate” and “held accountable for his efforts to undermine the presidential election.” And yet Abbott has remained AWOL from the conversation to either defend or condemn Cruz’s role in the lead up.
The governor has been mum on Attorney General Ken Paxton’s role in propping up Trump and Cruz’s entire scheme with baseless legal arguments. After the attack Paxton immediately but falsely claimed the rioters were not Trump supporters. This was promptly debunked by the FBI who also happen to be investigating Paxton on unrelated accusations of abuse of office, which in turn are unrelated to his current indictment on federal securities fraud. There have been widespread and bipartisan calls for Paxton to resign over his previous legal challenges and more after his latest antics but not Gov Abbott.
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