Texas governor blames young people for virus spike after rushing to reopen
Source: American Independent
By Emily Singer -June 17, 2020 10:47 AM
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott repeatedly dismissed concerns over the virus to reopen the state's economy. And now that cases are spiking, he's shifting blame to residents.
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is placing blame for his state's new spike in coronavirus cases squarely on the backs of young people, who he said are not following "health safety practices" when it comes to slowing the spread of COVID-19.
"They are not wearing face masks, they're not sanitizing their hands, they're not maintaining social distancing," Abbott said to local cable television network KRGV about Texans between the ages of 20 and 29. "And as a result, they are contracting COVID-19 at a record pace in the state of Texas."
Abbott's comments come after he was slow to implement any virus mitigation efforts and started reopening his state economy against the advice of public health experts.
He even banned mayors of cities and towns across Texas from implementing rules that require residents to wear masks a tool public health experts say can go a long way to slow transmission of the virus.
Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.
Read more: https://americanindependent.com/greg-abbott-texas-coronavirus-spike-reopen-economy-young-people-masks-covid-19/
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"Let's get back to work. Let's get back to living. Let's be smart about it," Patrick said back in March, when governors were starting to implement lockdowns. "And those of us who are 70-plus, we'll take care of ourselves. But dont sacrifice the country."
And as such, Abbott, Patrick, and other Texas Republicans have received a bevy of criticism for eschewing the advice of experts to reopen the state.
Julián Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio, called Abbott out for shifting blame onto Texans rather than take personal responsibility.
"Greg Abbott believes in 'individual responsibility' for everyone except when its his turn to take some," Castro tweeted Tuesday night. "You opened up bars too early, blocked cities from requiring face masks, and failed to put enough testing and contact tracing in place. Poor leadership."
Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.
Ah, yes the continued libertarian blame game.....................
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Something, something...you reap what you sow.
turbinetree
(24,632 posts)safe, and they "did not" want to let the people that work in the state get unemployment to basically keep them safe, until things settled down........nope there libertarian attitude is damn the torpedoes full speed ahead.........he has Blood On His Hands, the entire team and legislature.....
jimfields33
(15,475 posts)And not all are guilty of not following rules. They were just unfortunate in getting it anyway.
Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)LisaL
(44,962 posts)Stallion
(6,473 posts)Tarrant County 180 so including all DFW area Counties we are talking about about 700-800 cases
duforsure
(11,882 posts)And now like trump he wants to blame others for his poor policies causing this virus to spread more. Like trump he offers up excuses.
tanyev
(42,362 posts)canuckledragger
(1,632 posts)He's a conservative republican in office. He'll ALWAYS blame someone else for the disasters HE is directly responsible for.
It's been their MO for fucking decades, knowing their supporters are too stupid to question them
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)from any Rethug in denial . Well,most of the Nation said,"told you so".
sarge43
(28,939 posts)Blame the victim for your cluster coitus.
keithbvadu2
(36,370 posts)"even banned mayors of cities and towns across Texas from implementing rules that require..."
The party of big gov't.
So much for that idea of local control.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)the message is anyone can get it, duh
William Seger
(10,742 posts)... if not for his incompetent leadership. Ditto Trump, and it's a mercy that neither deserve.
Walleye
(30,729 posts)The rich white men. Theyre paid well to kick the shit downhill
LudwigPastorius
(8,944 posts)Last edited Wed Jun 17, 2020, 02:08 PM - Edit history (1)
the majority of the state's citizens, that could pass and enforce laws to ensure the health and safety of the public.
We could call these things a "legislature" and "governor".
Fucking Abbott... This dickhead continues to push to open up businesses until the entire state is a petri dish.
Meanwhile, he ain't letting anybody into his OWN house. Hell, no!
usaf-vet
(6,094 posts)... then both whine that it is not their fault they are not responsible for any new spikes.
But the everyday citizen cult members in Texas communities did exactly what they believed from the two super idiots.
They were told that all was safe. Go ahead open up.
So open they do. No masks, no separations, no washing hands. But lots of partying swapping drinks.
And of course lots of spit carrying Covid-19 to go around.
Then of course surprise surprise a Covid spike. With no one ready to take the blame.
PARTY ON BOYS AND GIRLS. Be sure a go visit mom, dad, grama, and gramps with hugs and kisses.
Javaman
(62,444 posts)scooby is on the job. LOL
he's such a fucking moron. he's just itching to be in washington. just another orange asshole lacky.
RussBLib
(8,985 posts)after being cooped up for a couple of months. They are so desperate to get laid they just packed multiple bars like fucking sardines. Very few masks, no social distancing at all. Why don't you have a couple of friends over to have a couple of beers? No, they have to pack themselves into a bar shoulder to shoulder with strangers. It's stupid. And it certainly does not help when they see the president and his people not wearing masks, and here's FOX frequently ridiculing the very notion of wearing masks.
The Gov gave them a little freedom and they pretty much fucked it up.
Believe me, I think Gov Hot Wheels is a jackass, and we need to flip the whole fucking Texas legislature to Democrats. Then we can get some actual progress for this state.
Paladin
(28,204 posts)And that goes double for that moron Dan Patrick.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)duforsure
(11,882 posts)It's someone else's fault. We need a Texas governor , not a corrupt imbecile who can't accept responsibility, and again just like trump has done. Vote people , remove these crooks from office.
Neerav B. Trivedi
(205 posts)That is all I have to say.
samsingh
(17,571 posts)or lack of spine in standing out to traitor trump
dalton99a
(81,084 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,119 posts)then he decides it's time to re open stuff and now he wants to have control of policy setting.
Our Hard Core Republican Mayor was not pleased that she no longer had final say over mask wearing and public gatherings.
sakabatou
(42,083 posts)yonder
(9,631 posts)JDC
(10,084 posts)Scruffy1
(3,239 posts)He has refused to allow El Paso and Houston to require mask. I'm sick of these fucking Christians killing in the name of money.
Dustlawyer
(10,493 posts)He is so full of shite! The Republicans here think wearing a mask or gloves are a sign you are a dirty Democrat. There is no bottom to these Republicans. They only care about their individual advancement and no care for the costs to others!
LisaL
(44,962 posts)And then he blames people for not wearing masks.
Jersey Devlin
(85 posts)"I can't remember his name, and I don't know where Texas is, but that's my boy!"
Note: Not an actual quote by Donald Trump
cayugafalls
(5,631 posts)They seriously have some sort of mental disorder brought about by sucking so much shit out of trumps ass.
LisaL
(44,962 posts)But yet he won't issue a mask order.
Lucky Luciano
(11,242 posts)Hip2bSquare
(291 posts)The number of cases are going down here in Colorado. Perhaps having a competent, compassionate and tough governor is a key. Do yourself a favor Texas!! Vote them out!