The people in Texas worried about the looting don't even have a stake in the game, they're out there posting on Facebook from a gated community in Rosenberg, TX while they remote-in to work.
I'm glad you finally admitted why you do what you do here. How much does it pay to be a professional troll, Baffled?
It's not Trump-level outrageous, but I'll tell you what I don't like about it. 1. By focusing on this tiny and maybe even fictitious population of people who come from out of state to riot in Texas, he frames the issue as though the attitudes expressed in the protests are not legitimate because they are not homegrown in Texas. But, since it is very likely that the great majority of people rioting in Texas are actually Texas residents, it is homegrown and legitimate. What statement does he have for Texans who break things because they are sick of not being heard by their government? 2. Crossing state lines to commit a crime can be a federal matter. To properly be federal though, there should be a conspiracy or premeditation that can be demonstrated that the perps crossed state lines expressly for committing crimes in another state. Some may have crossed state lines just to peaceably protest and then changed their mind once they arrived and set a store on fire. That's a state matter. 3. Being the champion of states' rights that he is, I find it hypocritical that he now invokes federal prosecution for something that fits comfortably within the state's power and a task that the State of Texas can actually quite easily accomplish. If we can identify someone committing a felony during a riot a state prosecutor can bring charges (and is probably more interested in bringing charges) even if that person resides in another state. What if federal prosecutors wanted to bring charges for Liberate Texas! protesters who came from other states and committed crimes? I think we'd hear a lot more from him about jurisdiction.
I generally think you have some of the best takes here, but I don't see 1 and 2 as an issue or being true.
Rising coronavirus hospitalizations are just the tip of the iceberg, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins says https://www.dallasnews.com/news/pub...ceberg-dallas-county-judge-clay-jenkins-says/
10 out of the 11 fastest growing states for Coronavirus have Republican Governors, who have pushed reopening, scoffed at experts and lockdowns. Money, money, money first, health second. https://www.npr.org/sections/health...king-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-in-the-u-s
GOP wants to censure Abbott for making them wear masks. https://www.expressnews.com/politic...tees-in-8-Texas-counties-vote-to-15404946.php Republican committees in 8 Texas counties vote to censure Gov. Abbott over COVID response
McConnell continues to be Trump’s biggest enabler COMMENTARY By ROBERT B. REICH FOR THE BALTIMORE SUN JUL 14, 2020 AT 8:12 AM https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0715-mcconnell-trump-enabler-20200714-3wb64gv4svaadgfouf3s5lv23a-story.html
OVER 100 HOUSTON DOCTORS SLAM REP. DAN CRENSHAW FOR “SPREADING DANGEROUS DISINFORMATION” ON CORONAVIRUS Rachel M. Cohen July 17 2020, 6:00 a.m. https://theintercept.com/2020/07/17/houston-doctors-dan-crenshaw-disinformation-coronavirus/
I have no idea why politicians on the right think this is good idea, if you want to continue to be a house rep I can see but this will not help running for a statewide office. Since when is going against doctors a good idea?
Not a tweet, but another corrupt Republican. Powerful Ohio Republican Is Arrested in $60 Million Corruption Scheme https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/us/larry-householder-ohio-speaker-arrested.html I can't wait until Trump gets caught for his dirty deeds.
Gov. Greg Abbott’s coronavirus task force members are writing checks for his re-election campaign Jay Root July 21, 2020 Updated: July 22, 2020 6:33 a.m. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/po...virus-task-force-campaign-donors-15423929.php Another Republican profiting off the Coronavirus, as our state gets out of control and too many lost their lives.
Laughing at masks and sucking up to the Maskless Moron who spends his weekends golfing and having a good old time as thousands of Americans lie on hospital beds fighting for their lives. Go back to Canada Cruz! You are a spineless worthless shadow of a man to be representing our state during a pandemic.
