Like some other Republican leaders, Gov. Greg Abbott opposed mask mandates and other measures to combat the spread of Covid-19, but now the disease is surging in Texas. When President Joe Biden took office, his administration was laser-focused on the pandemic. Still, red states didn’t want to comply with wearing a simple face mask or getting vaccinated, so we see states becoming ravaged again with COVID. Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama have the most new cases per capita, and Texas is looking bad, too.
A photograph is circulating that Abbott reportedly posted on social media, showing him playing the fiddle during what appears to be a maskless political event.
There are fewer than 500 ICU beds available in Texas at the moment.
Meanwhile, Gov. Abbott just posted a picture of himself playing a fiddle at a maskless political event. pic.twitter.com/D4xz8CVFXX
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) August 8, 2021
Twitter users piled in.
Abbot fiddles while Texans die. Literally. https://t.co/DXIlsY0RC7
— wine-stained lens (@winestainedlens) August 9, 2021
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Abbott fiddled while Texas burned. https://t.co/mGTlaDkOBW
— Poetic Justice (@PoeticJ59274248) August 9, 2021
His Nero ass https://t.co/KTNLBhyy8T
— Adia Benton (@Ethnography911) August 9, 2021
Fixed it… pic.twitter.com/sooWDjgzDj
— Usedtobe_JohnRJohnson (@JRobertJohnson4) August 8, 2021
The wrong governor is being recalled.
— ThanksInAdvanceForYourVituperation (@joe_shands) August 8, 2021
@GovAbbott really couldn’t care less about the people of Texas, could he?
— Sally Zubler (@SallyZubler) August 8, 2021
Perhaps Abbott can stop partying today, grab a PAPR and help out in a local hospital ICU.
— Holley (@Holley_Angel1) August 8, 2021
Looks its Nero, literally fiddling while Rome burns
— Random Black Cat (@RandomBlackCat1) August 8, 2021
One Twitter user brought up Barack Obama’s birthday party. I certainly disapproved of the former president’s decision, even though all guests were fully vaccinated. I don’t think anyone here at the Political Tribune thought that was a good idea.
I’m sure you were this outraged about Obamas birthday bash, right?
And I have absolutely zero qualms with either one of these events
— Tim (@gseagle08) August 8, 2021
This is so depressing. Americans have been through hell and back, and now Republicans want to send all of us back to hell. They’re killing their constituents to own the libs — what a weird time to be alive.
Featured image via Gage Skidmore/Flickr, under Creative Commons license 2.0
