Greg Abbott Cries: “Thank God For Florida!”

🔥🔥🔥More people in the hospital tonight in Florida w/COVID than at any point since the start of the pandemic https://t.co/wYQpioylWU

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) August 2, 2021

As the delta variant spreads, Texas hospital officials worry that "staggering and frightening" hospitalization rates will push facilities to capacity at a time when staffing is short and workers are exhausted. https://t.co/M1ikx37FiO

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) August 1, 2021

"Yeah, but...Florida!"

Parents, physicians, health experts, teachers and advocates are pleading with Gov. Greg Abbott to allow school districts to require masks, one of the most consistent viable tools against the spread of the coronavirus. https://t.co/91kpAsRrJW pic.twitter.com/8dgYnXBVup

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) July 31, 2021

"But at least we're not Florida!"

DPS troopers on the border have started jailing migrants on low-level state offenses. Arrests could swell into the thousands.

Local officials are scrambling for resources while immigrant rights activists question the practice’s constitutionality. https://t.co/SSxaBHI1Zm

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) July 31, 2021

"Have I mentioned brown people carrying Covid lately?”