This request does not include allowing local government officials to decide mask mandates or a request of the State Health agency to add covid vaccines to the list of vaccinations required of public school students ages 12 and up.Breaking: Gov. Greg Abbott announces Texas will be seeking out-of-state health care personnel to help with the latest surge, and he is asking hospitals to voluntarily postpone elective medical procedures. pic.twitter.com/bNltNhYvT4
— Jesus Jiménez (@jesus_jimz) August 9, 2021
2.6 million people live in Dallas County. https://t.co/Dpl7BQl0HK
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) August 9, 2021
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins has filed a legal challenge to Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on local mask mandates. The filing comes as Texas experiences another surge in coronavirus infections and hospitalizations. https://t.co/2taNguKENr
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) August 10, 2021
Will Abbott get Paxton to enforce his orders? Or just wait for them to get knocked down? Parents are not best pleased.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order that schools can't require masks is now facing a lawsuit.
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) August 9, 2021
At the same time, two of the state's biggest school districts are indicating that they want to mandate masks anyway. https://t.co/b6uQnHMxvN
i just do not understand. what could his plan possibly be? kill all the fat old racists that live in texas? kill all the right wing nut jobs that voted for him? then what?
ReplyDeleteBest I can figure is his supporters are too old to have kids in school. So they literally don’t give a shit. How far that carries him beyond the primaries is anybody’s guess. This may eventually be the arrogance of the party that can’t lose elections.
ReplyDeleteThere is a serious question of whether they’ll start losing now.