Posted on 07/07/2020 6:14:39 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
AUSTIN (KXAN) On Monday evening, former Texas Congressman and former 2020 presidential candidate Beto ORourke took to Twitter to call out Gov. Greg Abbott for what he says is a negligent handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a response to a quote by Abbott during an interview with KFDM in Beaumont, Abbott said that local leaders who were calling for another stay-at-home order and shut down of businesses failed to enforce current executive orders already in place.
They ask for more and more, but they do absolutely nothing.
In response, ORourke, who ran against and nearly beat Sen. Ted Cruz in the 2018 Senate election, tweeted:
Abbott opens Texas too soon, issues mask order too late, denies local leaders authority to contain the virus causing uncontrolled COVID spread, many hospitalized & soon dead because of his negligence and then blames local officials? Pathetic. Resign.
Abbott has not yet responded to ORourke, but Abbott did respond to criticism from former Attorney General Eric Holder, saying that California is also seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases. He said that was despite California shutting down its economy longer, suggesting that the reopening of the Texas economy is not solely to blame for the states increase in cases.
Good one!
Soy boy
read that they are counting results different and some tests get counted more than once. Unlike democrat voters, covid deaths only count once.
Beto go get a media haircut
It would be amusing if someone caught Beto on his way to get a pedicure and knocked the dog-sh*t out of him.
That’s why there is no correlation between cases and hospitalizations or deaths. I really think they’re shooting themselves in the foot with all this fear about the increased test rates. Much like they lost all credibility by not condemning the protests and looting.
"Resign" is a bit excessive. But otherwise...
Governor Abbot make a huge mistake going along with all the shutdown crap. You simply can’t hide from a virus.
“Beto” just needs to shut the heck up. Man’s too stupid to talk. What he would have done would have been considerably worse!
Crawl back to your mudhole in the ground with your name plate on it, BetoIdiot. You would have done no better, in fact, probably far worse like your fellow DEMtard mayors and Govs that are currently wrecking their states and cities over Covid-19.
Large Mexican population? ??
Abbott did mishandle the virus, by being two cowardly! He violated our constitution rights. The virus death rate is dropping radically, almost the point it will no longer be considered an epidemic. That is the essential issue.
Exactly! Abbott really showed he is not fit to be governor.
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