Texas GOP turns on Gov. Abbott now that he's finally trying to stop virus spike

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By Emily Singer -July 15, 2020 12:05 PM

Local Republican Party chapters in Texas voted to censure Abbott for requiring face masks and implementing other policies meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Eight different local Republican Party chapters in Texas have censured Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for issuing a statewide order mandating face masks in public, as well as limiting other public gatherings, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Abbott finally issued a statewide mask order on July 2, following months of not only resistance to public health measures, but also a concerted effort to block localities across the state from making their own mask-wearing policies.

Abbott issued the mask order after cases of the coronavirus skyrocketed in the Lone Star State, threatening to overrun the state's hospital systems — which may not have enough ventilators, intensive care beds, or even staff to treat the sickest patients infected with the coronavirus.

But local Texas Republican chapters are up in arms over Abbott's late response to the virus.

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

https://americanindependent.com/greg-abbott-mask-order-texas-coronavirus-gop-censures-governor-pandemic-covid-19/

How libertarian's eat other libertarian's...................and to hell with public safety..............its always about the money............always

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. The looney wing of Greed Over People is fighting the A Little Less Insane center of the party. . nt

[dalton99a]

2. Abbott is an opportunist - he is smart enough to see the writing on the wall

[Tom Rinaldo]

3. In most places, with some very local exceptions, there aren't enough hard core crazies out there

to keep Republicans in power if the crazed "activists" who have taken over the Republican Party insist on embracing extreme positions that fly in the face of what the overall public at large supports. The extreme Trump purity test positions that these wackos are pushing are increasing polarization in this country, and driving more and more people away from their pole in the process. Sure, they can still muster majority support within their shrinking minority political party, and they can purge those who object, but increasingly they won't be able to win State and National elections in pink, purple, and blue political environments. The Red in Red America is starting to bleed out, and Republican strongholds will start turning as slushy as a Siberian glacier in the midst of global warming.

[OnDoutside]

4. I wonder is Dan Patrick driving this backlash ?

[Midnight Writer]

5. Predictable.