# Screw Greg Abbott {Texas Governor} **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 2, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141 "2021-03-02T21:00:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/522 "2022-06-16T21:33:46Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > If the grid fails repeatedly this summer, that will make an impression. It will also kill people, so i am not hoping for it. - “First you complained it was too cold, now you’re complaining that it’s too hot. There’s no pleasing you people!” ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/523 "2022-06-21T12:43:46Z")
> **[Abbott’s response viewed as ‘minimalist’ by experts - San Antonio Express,...](http://digital.olivesoftware.com/olive/odn/sanantonioexpressnews/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=SAEN%2F2022%2F06%2F21&entity=Ar00102&sk=5DE4D50F&mode=text)** > > San Antonio Express - 6/21/2022 > In the weeks since a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at a Uvalde elementary school, Gov. Greg Abbott has declined to use the power of his office to call a special session, form commissions or issue executive orders to address school safety or gun violence. > > Instead, the governor has issued at least eight directives imploring other Texas officials to take action… > … > > It’s likely a sign of the tense political climate and the **governor’s unwillingness to upset fellow Republicans** , said Brandon Rottinghaus, a political science professor at the University of Houston. > … > > It’s also an election year, and Abbott is seeking a third term in Texas’ top post. He will face Democrat Beto O’Rourke, the former U.S. congressman from El Paso, this November — and a misstep in the Uvalde shooting response on either side of the aisle **could hurt his re-election chances** , political observers say. > … > > “The governor needs to demonstrate that he’s concerned and is doing things, but he does not want to take the lead on this,” said James Henson, the director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin. **“When you take the lead, you have to answer questions about your choices.”** > > In strictly political terms, **“there’s really no upside”** for Abbott to take charge, Henson said. > … My bold. Inaction, waffling, passing the buck, refusing to do your job… **THAT’S** what Republicans call “leadership.” Part 2: if/when a Democrat takes action or even takes a stand, jump all over them and accuse them of being in league with the devil. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/524 "2022-06-21T21:38:45Z")
/Aside/ I’m a subscriber to the Express-News, my hometown paper. I urge everyone to subscribe to your own. It’s the only way to know what’s going on, and if local press dies, ghod knows what they’ll do. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/525 "2022-06-28T16:57:08Z")
Greg Abbott (before): How dare Beto O’Rourke try to politicize the gun-related murders in Uvalde. Greg Abbott (today): Hold my beer why I politicize migrant murders. > ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/526 "2022-06-28T21:06:09Z")
What a shit the governor is. I didn’t like him in the first place, but blaming this on him for political gain is beyond low, because as anyone who’s paid attention to the news in Texas for the past 30-40 years knows, this kind of thing periodically happens during the summer, regardless of who’s in office. Shockingly it happened under Trump and Abbott but nobody brings that up of course. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/527 "2022-06-28T21:16:38Z")
> [@bump](#): > > …in Texas for the past 30-40 years knows, this kind of thing periodically happens during the summer, regardless of who’s in office. When_ever_ it happens, it’s **always** the current or most recent Democratic President’s fault. Yes, I am becoming more bitter and cynical every day. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/528 "2022-06-28T21:21:11Z")
I also have to add that incidents like this one do show that Abbott’s shitty expensive continuing building of the wall, made “to enforce the laws”, is not working at all then. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/529 "2022-06-28T21:28:42Z")
But that is ultimately Biden’s fault, too. I need to stop myself. Go have a cup of tea or something. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/530 "2022-06-29T01:36:05Z")
Its Bidens fault your drinking tea🍵 ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/531 "2022-07-25T00:38:17Z")
Well, it looks like enough people in Texas are getting on the Screw Abbott bandwagon to finally, possibly, make a difference: > **[After Recent Turmoil, the Race for Texas Governor Is Tightening (Published 2022)](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/24/us/texas-governor-campaign-abbott-orourke.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DKDmweiPkORJSN607WIKVkedYp2TOBAdRINacmRfN0i-ZVNUtxV0yvuJyZgpcIZSUprIb5FkUH46XwZ5Fquzn7cjv-b-5l2Ly0ux_BOWPqWqDd1iI-LA9jqY9ic17-xScCxf_aF-IiiNV93PknDp95Vi5AMHfRx4TgDRV7PNqCZh_OuEJhC6wCB2alzZPL4KkAcQ5SFVvDUHh4hG8-49lcM9ocV73te19iIIGtxOVMVRE7aduhFJYzRIPLlrR1srOrqBWEysG-xvVeB7ypXQ_PqLPU4Gzrs2UNK2Af&smid=url-share)** > > A series of tragedies and challenges have soured the mood of Texans and made the governor’s race perhaps the most competitive since the 1990s. > Polls have shown a tightening, single-digit contest between Mr. Abbott, the two-term incumbent, and his ubiquitous Democratic challenger, the former congressman Beto O’Rourke. Mr. O’Rourke is now raising more campaign cash than Mr. Abbott — $27.6 million to $24.9 million in the last filing — in a race that is likely to be among the most expensive of 2022. > A separate poll, conducted by the University of Texas at Austin and released this month, showed [59 percent of respondents thought Texas was on the “wrong track,”](https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/new-uttexas-politics-project-poll-share-texans-saying-state-wrong-track-reaches-new-high-while) the highest number in more than a decade of asking that question. Another, from Quinnipiac University, found Mr. O’Rourke [within 5 percentage points](https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3849) of the governor. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/532 "2022-07-25T23:02:16Z")
Have y’all seen this? It’s delicious! > ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/533 "2022-07-25T23:07:59Z")
That acronym has to be thought out and deliberate, right? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/534 "2022-07-25T23:08:54Z")
Of course. It’s the cherry on top. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/535 "2022-07-25T23:11:20Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > [https://twitter.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1551693570523992064](https://twitter.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1551693570523992064) > [@Leaper](#): > > That acronym has to be thought out and deliberate, right? - > [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Of course. It’s the cherry on top. - [big innocent eyes] _Totally_ accidental [/bie] ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/536 "2022-07-26T13:06:09Z")
Eh, comes across as too flippant to me. Seems like the kind of ad that makes political consultants clap themselves on the back about how clever they are without really changing anyone’s mind. Beto’s having a good run recently, but I wouldn’t start getting too hopeful just yet. He raised more than Abbott last quarter, but Abbott still has a big cash-on-hand advantage. And the Republican get out the vote machine in Texas is unparalleled. Still, he’s within striking distance, which is more than can be said for the last four or five Democratic gubernatorial candidates. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/537 "2022-07-26T13:37:09Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > And the Republican get out the vote machine in Texas is unparalleled… Plus their “keep out the votes we don’t want” machine… ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/538 "2022-07-26T13:57:37Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Plus their “keep out the votes we don’t want” machine… I’ve been playing too many old games recently, so my brain instantly went “MAGA Gear?!” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/539 "2022-07-26T17:27:53Z")
Texas also has no limit on individual campaign donations, so Abbott is likely to get some big checks towards the end of campaign season. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/540 "2022-07-28T16:13:26Z")
If they haven’t already spent all their money on Trump. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141/541 "2022-08-05T17:56:45Z")
> **[Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas is now busing migrants to New York City](https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/05/texas-greg-abbott-bus-migrants-new-york/)** > > Abbott made the announcement Friday in the state’s latest confrontation with an East Coast city that is steeped in politics. > … > “In addition to Washington, D.C., New York City is the ideal destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the sanctuary city,” Abbott said in a news release. “I hope he follows through on his promise of welcoming all migrants with open arms so that our overrun and overwhelmed border towns can find relief.” > > The back and forth is steeped in political tensions as the Republican governor — running for reelection and considered a potential presidential candidate — tries to show that Democratic mayors are not as sympathetic to the plight of migrants as their party claims to be. Abbott’s critics have said he is using migrants as pawns in a cynical plot that does little to actually solve border problems. > … Well, dang-- Republicans aren’t interested in solving problems. No news there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott-texas-governor/934141.md?page=28)