Nothing Greg Abbott has to say interests me. Nothing he stands for makes my life better. Besides being a part of the Trump puppets of Texas here are 3 reasons I will never vote for this Trump puppet in the future. #1 Governor Abbott Says Texas Should Be a “Second Amendment Sanctuary” https://thetexan.news/governor-abbott-says-texas-should-be-a-second-amendment-sanctuary/ (More in following post). #2 Covid spread and No lockdown stance. Money & economy over saving lives. It's ridiculous how this pandemic is so much worse yet he's already considering easing restrictions and adamant about no more lockdowns. Our vaccinations could take months. Active Covid cases in Texas May 31/ Aug 30 / Jan 30 26,159 / 166,078 / 375,929 3 Day Daily Death Ave in Texas May 31 / Aug 30/ Jan 30 23 / 119 / 362 #3 Voter suppression and lawsuits that I don't agree with. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott dramatically reduced the state’s number of drop-off sites for mail-in ballots during a pandemic. “I still hold a record that will never be broken by anybody,” said Abbott. “I hold the record for the most lawsuits filed against Barack Obama — 31 legal actions against him.” Now he's already suing Biden.
Greg Abbott and his gun sanctuary crapola make our state more dangerous. In Texas, an average of 3,139 people are killed each year with a gun. We know that firearms are responsible for 20% of the fatalities of youth in America, A recent study by The New England Journal of Medicine did show that men who bought a gun for the first time were eight times as likely to kill themselves by gunshot in the subsequent 12 years than non-owners; women were 35 times as likely to do so. Texas has been home to several high-profile mass shootings over the past decade https://www.keranews.org/politics/2...problem-in-texas-and-no-ones-talking-about-it Texas Firearm Deaths There were 3,513 gun-related deaths in Texas in 2017. More than half of all suicides in Texas in 2016 (60%) were by firearm and the firearm suicide rate in Texas increased 18% over the decade prior to 2016. Seventy-eight percent (78%) of veteran suicides in Texas in 2017 were by firearm according to the Veterans Administration. In 2018, 174 women in Texas were killed by a male intimate partner—59% of those murders were by firearm. Women in Texas are 24% more likely to be murdered with a gun than women in other states. In 2019 in Texas, at least 32 children ages 0-17 died in unintentional shootings. Texas leads the nation in the number of guns that are lost or stolen each year from licensed dealers. Gun violence in Texas costs $16.6 billion per year. https://www.txgunsense.org/articles/texas-gun-violence-facts
The only way Beto can resurrect his Texas campaign is to say, "yes we are gonna take away your ARs...but replace them with AKs! They are tougher and built to last just like Texans."
Did anyone watch Greg Abbott tonight? I don't like him so wasn't interested. I watched the Rockets set a franchise record tonight and enjoyed every minute of it.
Your #3 should be #2: voting rights, gerrymandering, etc... Your #2 should be #1: Healthcare in general, Covid and otherwise Your #? should be #3: Education Your #1 should be #64 or so, guns are a losing proposition in Texas.
Yeah, there are so many reasons, and many overlap. Bottom line. ...... Greg Abbott focuses on as the wrong priorities. Nothing about stopping the spread of Covid in his 5 priorities. Nope, just Covid lawsuit limits.
