Abbott is paralyzed from the waist down and utilizes a wheelchair. When he was a young man, he was out for a jog when a tree limb fell on him and crushed his spine. He sued the property owner and has received over $10 million in payments as part of the settlment.
Thanks for the replies. I have seen him sitting but in situations where everyone else was too, so I didn’t know he uses a wheelchair.
And I’ll bet he arranges things that way - the fewer people who are aware, the happier he is.
And then supported ‘tort reform’ so that no one else could receive similar compensation.
Nah. Abbott’s a shit, but he doesn’t hide his disability. He even uses it in his campaign commercials – overcoming adversity and all that.
I am a driver for a charter bus service. Our company has been accepting contracts to transport immigrants to far-off lands. I have refused to participate. I don’t look down on my colleagues who are participating; everyone has bills to pay and a job is a job. But I won’t be a part of his political bullshit. Abbott isn’t trying to actually solve a problem – he’s just trying to be cruel for cruelty’s sake. Fuck that guy.
The thing is - a lot of these cities have said they’ll take people but they’d like some advanced notice so they can make basic arrangements for housing, food, etc.
They’re just having bus (or plane) loads of people dumped on them without any notice. It’s a publicity stunt to score cheap political points and it’s absolutely inhumane
The cruelty is the point.
Abbott responded that his administration is “deploying every tool and strategy that we possibly can,” to stem the flow of immigration, including building a border wall, placing barriers in the Rio Grande, and passing legislation making illegal border crossings a state crime.
“The only thing that we’re not doing is we’re not shooting people who come across the border because of course, the Biden administration would charge us with murder,” Abbott added.
I feel like I need to add some commentary here, but it just feels so redundant and obvious. What an absolutely disgusting piece of shit.
Hmmm…sounds like Greg thinks Biden created the Ten Commandments.
The Ten Commandments are WOKE!
No, no, the Ten Commandments are only for good white, upper middle class, and above Christians. You know, actual people.
Dunno why, but I’m getting a vibe that part of his dismay is because he can’t put up “immigrant blinds” on the Texas side of the Rio Grande and rent them out on an hourly or daily basis.
And now he’s sparking a legal fight with the Border Patrol. I have to believe the orders come from him, because an officer wouldn’t make a call like refusing entry to the DHS on his own, would he? Unless he’s a true believer.
Texas is passing up nearly $350 million in federal aid to help feed millions of low-income children during the summer months after a state agency said it lacked the time and resources to implement the program this year.
Summer EBT, a new U.S. Department of Agriculture program approved by Congress in 2022, will provide families in participating states with funds to buy groceries to fill the void when their children are not receiving meals at school. The benefits — $40 per eligible child per month — will be dispensed via “electronic benefit transfer” cards, similar to a prepaid debit card, for three months.
The majority of states, as well as several territories and tribal nations, have signed onto the program. Texas is among a minority of 16 states not participating.
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“Texas don’t need yer stinkin’ WOKE money! Those kids can just go to work in meat processing plants if they wanna eat!”
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“At this festive season of the year, Mr Scrooge, … it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the Poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir.”
Scrooge-“Are there no prisons?”
“Plenty of prisons…”
Scrooge-“And the Union workhouses.” . “Are they still in operation?”
“Both very busy, sir…”
“Those who are badly off must go there.”
“Many can’t go there; and many would rather die.”
Scrooge- “If they would rather die,” “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”
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[Quotation abridged. Full passage can be found here.]
Fuck Greg Abbott and his Texas Taliban. I hate living here so much.
Well I guess the whole “Christian” charade for Republicants and evangelists is over now. Persecution and murder is the new religion.
Which is weird given how Christians used to be the ones who were persecuted.
They still are! Just ask them!
I’m a very organized person. That’s probably all I bring to the table, but I’m really sure that I could figure out how to feed some hungry people with 350 million dollars to use.
Seriously, this would not be hard. At all. Jose Andres does this all the time at the drop of a hat.
If these people ever wake up from the evil spell they are under and realize how ugly they have become, I hope it takes them a million years to stop feeling deeply ashamed.