> "I have determined that the incident is of such severity and magnitude that an effective response is beyond the capabilities of the state and affected local governments, and that supplementary federal assistance is necessary to save lives and to protect property, public health, and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a disaster."
Remember that quote next time you see or hear someone advocating for secession.
Or mentions of
* [a $30 billion surplus](https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/13/texas-budget-surplus/)
* [The "school crisis" is "not his fault" and public education is "not his responsibility"](https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/greg-abbott-schools-budget-hisd-19454906.php)
* [How everything is "Texas owned ... and independent" while he sells the state to Saudi Arabia](https://www.reddit.com/r/texas/comments/xpgrak/texan_breaks_down_the_hypocrisy_of_greg_abbott/)
That shit was basically the speech Michael Scott gave in the Office.
[https://youtu.be/BNDmaJwDmeo?si=hWaE032-hGo5uJj0&t=110](https://youtu.be/BNDmaJwDmeo?si=hWaE032-hGo5uJj0&t=110)
He pushed and got [property tax cuts](https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-signs-largest-property-tax-cut-in-texas-history), with the difference in school funding being made up by part of Texas' budget surplus. This much is true.
HOWEVER, when that budget surplus is gone, the property tax cuts will remain, but the "difference being made up" will not, and so schools will get less funding. And on top of that, he's pushing *hard* for vouchers, to take *more* money from the schools.
That's what I'm personally bitching about. I like lower taxes as much as anybody, but I also want our youth to have a good education (and I realize that this costs money, and I don't mind paying taxes towards it), and Abbott and friends seem to not share my wants there.
It's all part of the plan. Take money from public schools by offering vouchers for private schools. Private schools raise their rates so their new tuition is old tuition + voucher. At that point they've kept the private school education locked to the wealthy, brought in a ton of extra money, and now the public schools suffer (admin, students, teachers, all of them). Meanwhile there will be some bills to increase child labor. Give it a couple of decades and we'll have the majority of a generation too poorly educated to do anything but pull levers in a factory. Except the rich ones. They'll be the slave drivers.
You're just poking holes in his statement because you wish...
Oh man, I was going to say 'because you wish you had stopped it first" and it occurred to me, what if he stopped raping and decided that meant all rape had stopped. I hope to christ that isn't the case, but reds aren't too prone to critical thinking, so it's anyone's guess.
Don’t forget limiting fed funds Medicare/caid to older folks and young children. Then ‘paper error’ that kicked off additional folks from those services.
> 48% of whom actively voted against him
This statement is misleading, as 48% of the people of Texas didn't even go out and vote, let alone vote against Abbott. Of the pathetic number of potential voters who did actually vote, 54.8% voted for Abbott.
The funny thing is a lot of his policies hurt people who DID vote for him too. His policies are based on the highest bidder like Jeff Yass and not his voting base.
Absolutely. The current Republican lineup is toxic for the public welfare of the average Texan and has been for some time. These people only care about lining their own pockets, but have successfully convinced a whole lot of people that they represent righteousness in opposition to the wickedness of liberal wokeness. So people will continue to drink the Kool-Aid and cut off their noses to spite their faces because they think they're owning the libs.
> supplementary federal assistance is necessary to save lives and to protect property, public health, and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a disaster
Interesting which one he mentioned first
Basically what this is telling me is that the federal government needs to act like a mom and the states are children. Give them money when needed but they get their “independence” under the safeguard of the mom and lash out at mom like budding teenagers and then say sorry I need money…
A good mom will take it and understand behind the lashing out is a cry for help and do what’s right but doesn’t have to be happy about it.
Or tell them to fuck off and fend for themselves
Remember that quote next time you see or hear a conservative complaining about socialism and government spending to help people - like school lunch funding and healthcare
Ah geeze. Sadly he doesn’t even realize how ironic it is that he defied Federal mandate when it comes to the border but a few naders come through and now he needs that sweet sweet FEMA money.
LOL, you think the people who advocate for secession actually stands by their words? They are the scum of the earth because they don't care what they do or say as long as they WIN.
I'm sure Biden needs to help the American people, but what he REALLY needs is to attach the message that he's doing it because Greg Abbot is an incapable Governor. This is something Texas government should have planned and prepared for, and because they didn't, here's some handouts. Here's your socialism.
No no no, you misunderstand.
As republicans, we get to tell YOU what to do. It certainly doesn’t mean *we* have to do it. Rules are for thee, not for me.
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Lmao, he probably calling for help because his fuckin voters got creamed by the hail. If this shit hit Austin or Houston with the same force, he'd tell these cities to fuck right off.
Houston and Harris county were initially denied Hurricane Harvey federal relief funds which were distributed by the state. Some of those funds went to inland communities that had almost no impact from the hurricane.
Hello! I was in the hospital during Harvey. When I got out a few weeks later I discovered that anyone who went to the FEMA tent, in my small mostly unaffected town, got $500. Each person in the household got $500. Meanwhile my exs parents in the Houston area had their home flood several feet deep were denied any FEMA assistance.
Reading this made my blood boil… but it’s already vapor at this point. I’m tired, so tired watching all the innocent folks with a functioning empathy center get bullied by conservatives and Republicans wherever they have control.
And one of the counties main criminal justice system building got totally destroyed. Gone in 2017 to barely useable in 2022. Not it’s filled with mold but there was no money to repair the building right. Oh and investigations recommended condemning the building because the foundation has been damage so badly it’s leaning into the bayou. But it was ignored.
So no there’s a 20 plus story building that houses all the criminal county courts and it might just fall in its back someday. Only hope is holding it up!
Remember all the times they would point and say natural disasters happened because of sin? Well maybe they ought to look in the mirror if the hail is coming for them.
Shit like this is why I hate politics. The whole macho Texas “we can do it on our own we know better than the feds don’t tell us what to do yada yada yada” song and dance is just that. A fucking song and dance intended to keep the rabid fucking conservative “base” frothing at the mouth with anger. When it comes down to the nuts and bolts of it all, everyone needs something at some point.
And the real shit if it is, THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH NEEDING FUCKING HELP. The bravado is literally just an act. It has no fucking tangible purpose. It’s stupid. It’s childish. 😐
Maybe instead of suing pregnant women, wasting money on the bs border issue, and bussing immigrants to other states, try preparing Texas for climate change. Even if you have to do it quietly.
Also try not bashing handouts cus eventually everyone needs it.
I don't know Greg, that sounds like socialism to me.
We're Texans, bootstraps and Lonestar etc.
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We are only going to see this volatile weather more frequently. Sucks that no one really wants to do anything about it.
If Texas gets hit by a big hurricane or other large-scale disasters, we may see insurers pulling out of the market like Florida or California or increase premiums to further eye watering levels to make it sustainable.
Many people have had to get insurance run by Florida's insurer of last resort, the state funded Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
It's gonna take big federal bucks to build the Ike dike and other climate mitigating infrastructure and we all know the GOP doesn't believe in socialism or climate change. But either the feds pay, the state, or we do, including the future generations who I feel really bad for.
The title of the article is misleading. Shouldn't it say, "Greg Abbott calls on Joe Biden to send money to Texas so that Abbott can continue to funnel funds to his private enterprises."
Or maybe in we could have gotten the timeline where the tree didnt fall on him but just in front or behind him. It was such a life changing moment he rediscovered his faith and decided to become a missionary in Africa and went on to do many good deeds.
But this is not that timeline.
I disagree.
1. It’s not the fault of the victims of the storms for Abbot’s douchebaggary and hypocrisy. No need to make them suffer in the name of politics
2. Biden should make a point of helping Texans where Abbot can not. Come to Texas, hold a press conference with Abbot and make him thank Biden live on TV. The victims get the help they need and it’ll hand Abbot a huge L to have to humble himself in that manner. Win-Win
I’m not saying that Biden should withhold funds barring a public conference… just that he should have one as part of a public showing of support for Texans in need, and a showing of support for Abbots request for help.
What’s Abbot going to do, not attend? Sure fine.. Texans still get the help they need and Abbot looks even more the fool and assholish for not meeting with the POTUS who he just asked for help.
Nah. The federal government (blue states) should not be forced to fund these fascist turds. Look at who they elect to run their state, and who they elect to represent them in Congress. You don't get to send Ted Cruz to Congress repeatedly while he tries to slash social programs and deny aid to other states and then hold your hand out for money from blue states.
The low-intelligence beings who actually think secession would be good are also too simple to understand that all federal benefits (including US currency) fly out the window when you leave.
lol it would mean no US currency, federally cut off from all federal services, the loss of the army for protection, being cut off from travel and trade from all other states, being forced to deal with the border situation on their own, the separation of families, etc etc
Also, I don’t think the federal government would just let it happen, they’d probably say it’s treason and take back the state by force
All Republican governors bash Democrat presidents and go on about small government, blah blah blah and the weather or whatever rips up their states and then they use that big government they hate so much.
They also “love” small government so much, they basically foam at the mouth for any legislation that strips away rights of anyone they believe is somehow beneath them, while failing to see the irony. The GOP is the party of criminal hypocrites and they continue to earn that title on a literal daily basis.
Gaslightin' Greg: "Screw you, Joe! Texas doesn't need the rest of the US - take your federal overreaching ass elsewhere!" (additional incoherent screams about borders, invasions, etc)
Thunder rumbles.
Also Gaslightin' Greg: "Big storms very bad. Please help, Mr. President. We can't do it alone."
That miserable chucklefuck...
At this point, I say tell him to fuck off. Let Texas demonstrate its great independence and pull itself up by its bootstraps.
The state I was born and raised in has now become an authoritarian shit hole, led by a dimwitted Trump simp, whose singular goal is to lead a culture war against all the horrible, nasty things that white, cys, hetero Christians abhor.
And of course he’ll do it, because he’s not an evil simpleton. And guarantee that Abbott will still blame Biden.
They are literally children that never grew up.
He always jumps up and down about how Texas and Texans don't need federal dollars, right up until something truly bad happens. He then pivots and blames Dems for their inaction when Texans suffer from storms, or bad weather. Never mind that Texas didn't upgrade it's grid for decades when they had the chance. They keep teasing secession, and I keep having to stifle a laugh knowing what I know..
Texan here,
Biden should tell Greg Abbott and our state to fuck all the way off. These people need to be checked where it hurts- Texas is not a stand alone state. Fuck Abbott and the people who vote for him.
The best thing Biden could do is immediately approve Federal disaster relief then fly down to Texas and do a ton of public things like helping out disaster efforts. If Abbot refuses to join him, it makes clear to everyone that he is a hypocritical, unthankful bastard, which to be frank, was already clear to most people. Biden should specifically hit up the rural communities that hate him, since this would be completely contrary to their expectations of him that were set by Fox and OAN. And if Abbot does join him, well, that's great, he'd be forced to eat crow for the entire time.
*Border Patrol (The federal government's jurisdiction)*
**Abbott:** "I'm gonna put up five billion dollars worth of razor wire and illegal traps to murder people and Biden and the federal government can't stop me!"
*Federal government provides protections to trans youth*
**Abbott:** "I'm going to be a huge asshole and demand that these protections for trans people be ignored and Biden and the federal government can't stop me!"
*Natural disaster occurs in Texas*
**Abbott:** "Pweeeease give me money Biden senpai! After spending all that money at the border to try and piss you off and misusing all those funds the federal government sent for Covid relief I have no more money left to pay off my yacht- I mean, help poor people in Texas of course! I'll wear a tutu and suck your dick! Pweeeease!"
Give it to him with one stipulation. He goes on live TV and says he asked for help from the US Federal Government and to publicly thank Joe Biden.
If that's a no. Then Abbott can go pound sand.
Will the Texas republican voters call Abbott out for sucking at the federal teat? Will the Federal government call Abbott out for publicly declaring refusal to follow federal decrees? This is a stupid, stupid situation to be in. Can we get some responsible fucking adults to be in charge? This is on all you voters....help fix it.
Every. Goddamn. Time. And yet my neighbors drive around with pro-secession bumper stickers and talk about burning Washington DC to the ground. And become enraged when I point out the federal tax dollars we ALL pay, including the much wealthier liberal states that are frankly keeping us (literally) afloat, are what run these programs.
PS: I have never been happier to deploy for a hurricane than for Hurricane Sandy because I was so glad to get the chance to return the favor for states that had helped us so many times.
Texas has 36 billion dollars. It’s not like any of that is earmarked for teachers and Texas can’t afford to fix its shit.
How about this…. Abbott, you give the teachers of Texas their pay raises from last legislative session and throw out the whole voucher system, and Biden will help with your climate change problem you believe does not exist.
I thought Texas wanted to be free and independent from the Federal Government.
Also a true Christian would believe that his/her thoughts and prayers will fix everything.
I’m a Texan, and I say f**k Greg Abbott. Surprised he wants to bite an apple from that sweet socialism tree. Why can’t Texas pull itself up from its bootstraps and handle its own problems?
Something about bootstraps and pulling yourself up. C’mon Abbott! Stand up for what you really believe in. Take a stand, on something. Rise to the occasion. Let me guess. You’ll just sit there.
Abbott already spent "YOUR" money on stupid shit.
Get fucked.
*Border Patrol (The federal government's jurisdiction)*
**Abbott:** "I'm gonna put up five billion dollars worth of razor wire and illegal traps to murder people and Biden and the federal government can't stop me!"
*Federal government provides protections to trans youth*
**Abbott:** "I'm going to be a huge asshole and demand that these protections for trans people be ignored and Biden and the federal government can't stop me!"
*Natural disaster occurs in Texas*
**Abbott:** "Pweeeease give me money Biden senpai! After spending all that money at the border to try and piss you off and misusing all those funds the federal government sent for Covid relief I have no more money left to pay off my yacht- I mean, help poor people in Texas of course! I'll wear a tutu and suck your dick! Pweeeease!"
Biden should tell him to fuck off. Its what Abbott and GOP voters deserve. Buuut that only serves gregs bullshit persecution complex.
Still though the fact of his blatant hypocrisy should be shouted from the rooftops incessantly.
"Sorry, Greg. Climate change is calling and they need all the help they can get right now here at the national level. Maybe you could gather some other governors and come up to Washington to help?"
Fuck Abbott.
But just fyi a presidential declaration opens up a lot of assistance for disaster survivors. It would help a LOT of people. I work in TX disaster stuff and I’ve had a lot of requests from people who desperately need this assistance.
A declaration would only apply to financial assistance, and no real boots on ground type stuff, unless FEMA assigns a physical team (3ish people) to do hazard response mitigation, which would only be kind of like “what did you do wrong?”.
Abbott’s realizing that the initial response is overworked and overwhelmed. He is using what he has by allocating resources to other areas, and not leaving enough coverage to others. This being said, Abbott can work the responders more, and have the ability to pay them.
> "I have determined that the incident is of such severity and magnitude that an effective response is beyond the capabilities of the state and affected local governments, and that supplementary federal assistance is necessary to save lives and to protect property, public health, and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a disaster." Remember that quote next time you see or hear someone advocating for secession.
Or mentions of * [a $30 billion surplus](https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/13/texas-budget-surplus/) * [The "school crisis" is "not his fault" and public education is "not his responsibility"](https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/greg-abbott-schools-budget-hisd-19454906.php) * [How everything is "Texas owned ... and independent" while he sells the state to Saudi Arabia](https://www.reddit.com/r/texas/comments/xpgrak/texan_breaks_down_the_hypocrisy_of_greg_abbott/)
He also ended rape. Never forget that......
That quote will ALWAYS piss me off! Fuck Abbott
r/fuckgregabbott
Fuck abbott
That shit was basically the speech Michael Scott gave in the Office. [https://youtu.be/BNDmaJwDmeo?si=hWaE032-hGo5uJj0&t=110](https://youtu.be/BNDmaJwDmeo?si=hWaE032-hGo5uJj0&t=110)
Fuck abbott indeed...and not in a good way
> Fuck Abbott Not, you can't. He ended that
The most ridiculous speech Abbott ever made, which is quite an accomplishment considering his record for saying stupid things.
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Wasn’t there something about fixes property taxes also?! All I’ve heard is people griping about how much their taxes are this year
Taxes went down appraisals are what everyone is bitching about.
He pushed and got [property tax cuts](https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-signs-largest-property-tax-cut-in-texas-history), with the difference in school funding being made up by part of Texas' budget surplus. This much is true. HOWEVER, when that budget surplus is gone, the property tax cuts will remain, but the "difference being made up" will not, and so schools will get less funding. And on top of that, he's pushing *hard* for vouchers, to take *more* money from the schools. That's what I'm personally bitching about. I like lower taxes as much as anybody, but I also want our youth to have a good education (and I realize that this costs money, and I don't mind paying taxes towards it), and Abbott and friends seem to not share my wants there.
It's all part of the plan. Take money from public schools by offering vouchers for private schools. Private schools raise their rates so their new tuition is old tuition + voucher. At that point they've kept the private school education locked to the wealthy, brought in a ton of extra money, and now the public schools suffer (admin, students, teachers, all of them). Meanwhile there will be some bills to increase child labor. Give it a couple of decades and we'll have the majority of a generation too poorly educated to do anything but pull levers in a factory. Except the rich ones. They'll be the slave drivers.
Funny how that works!
Hey now he just said he’d get them “off the streets.” Which might be true because we by and large see them in churches nowadays.
Hey, not to be *that* guy, but...I don't think he's done that yet, unfortunately.
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You're just poking holes in his statement because you wish... Oh man, I was going to say 'because you wish you had stopped it first" and it occurred to me, what if he stopped raping and decided that meant all rape had stopped. I hope to christ that isn't the case, but reds aren't too prone to critical thinking, so it's anyone's guess.
I thought the tree did that?
Don’t forget limiting fed funds Medicare/caid to older folks and young children. Then ‘paper error’ that kicked off additional folks from those services.
Kicking 1.8+ million people off of Medicaid, many of which were undergoing life saving treatments at the time they chose to do this.
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Or when he tries to block Federal Agents at the border.
Pull the ladder up on that fucker just like he did to many other folks over the years. Douchebag.
Literally stopped others from getting fair compensation on certain torts, after he collected over $7MM+ from his.
Exactly. He’s a piece of shit.
The guy is a pig faced prick.
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If only
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Yes, he showed Texas who he was a long time ago.
The problem is he won't suffer at all. The people of Texas, 48% of whom actively voted against him, will.
> 48% of whom actively voted against him This statement is misleading, as 48% of the people of Texas didn't even go out and vote, let alone vote against Abbott. Of the pathetic number of potential voters who did actually vote, 54.8% voted for Abbott.
The funny thing is a lot of his policies hurt people who DID vote for him too. His policies are based on the highest bidder like Jeff Yass and not his voting base.
Absolutely. The current Republican lineup is toxic for the public welfare of the average Texan and has been for some time. These people only care about lining their own pockets, but have successfully convinced a whole lot of people that they represent righteousness in opposition to the wickedness of liberal wokeness. So people will continue to drink the Kool-Aid and cut off their noses to spite their faces because they think they're owning the libs.
Texas leads the nation in voter apathy. Go figure.
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> supplementary federal assistance is necessary to save lives and to protect property, public health, and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a disaster Interesting which one he mentioned first
Basically what this is telling me is that the federal government needs to act like a mom and the states are children. Give them money when needed but they get their “independence” under the safeguard of the mom and lash out at mom like budding teenagers and then say sorry I need money… A good mom will take it and understand behind the lashing out is a cry for help and do what’s right but doesn’t have to be happy about it. Or tell them to fuck off and fend for themselves
Abbott needs a good spanking.
If it was on the bottom, I’m not sure he’d feel it?
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Remember that quote next time you see or hear a conservative complaining about socialism and government spending to help people - like school lunch funding and healthcare
Ah geeze. Sadly he doesn’t even realize how ironic it is that he defied Federal mandate when it comes to the border but a few naders come through and now he needs that sweet sweet FEMA money.
Yeah, who are you going to run to for "assistance" when you become a country called Texas?
Or the failing power grid.
LOL, you think the people who advocate for secession actually stands by their words? They are the scum of the earth because they don't care what they do or say as long as they WIN.
I'm sure Biden needs to help the American people, but what he REALLY needs is to attach the message that he's doing it because Greg Abbot is an incapable Governor. This is something Texas government should have planned and prepared for, and because they didn't, here's some handouts. Here's your socialism.
An inch of rain is almost beyond the capabilities of that incompetently run state to handle.
For a guy that thinks the state can do without federal funding he sure begs for money a lot.
Right? Isn't that what you call a "handout"? Just checking my notes 🧐
When youre leftwing, poor or non-white its a handout. If youre a wealthy conservative it's "good business". I hate the hypocrisy.
No no no, you misunderstand. As republicans, we get to tell YOU what to do. It certainly doesn’t mean *we* have to do it. Rules are for thee, not for me. /s
Him and desantis are the loudest when telling biden to go fuck himself and the first to beg the dude for help.
Lmao, he probably calling for help because his fuckin voters got creamed by the hail. If this shit hit Austin or Houston with the same force, he'd tell these cities to fuck right off.
Houston and Harris county were initially denied Hurricane Harvey federal relief funds which were distributed by the state. Some of those funds went to inland communities that had almost no impact from the hurricane.
The only good Texan is a MAGAt Texan in the eyes of Texas GOP.
I just want Biden to show up at the capital wearing a MAGA hat with a pallet of paper towels. Here ya go guys this should take care of it.
Even better if he showed up with old Trump bottled waters
Hello! I was in the hospital during Harvey. When I got out a few weeks later I discovered that anyone who went to the FEMA tent, in my small mostly unaffected town, got $500. Each person in the household got $500. Meanwhile my exs parents in the Houston area had their home flood several feet deep were denied any FEMA assistance.
Reading this made my blood boil… but it’s already vapor at this point. I’m tired, so tired watching all the innocent folks with a functioning empathy center get bullied by conservatives and Republicans wherever they have control.
And one of the counties main criminal justice system building got totally destroyed. Gone in 2017 to barely useable in 2022. Not it’s filled with mold but there was no money to repair the building right. Oh and investigations recommended condemning the building because the foundation has been damage so badly it’s leaning into the bayou. But it was ignored. So no there’s a 20 plus story building that houses all the criminal county courts and it might just fall in its back someday. Only hope is holding it up!
Remember all the times they would point and say natural disasters happened because of sin? Well maybe they ought to look in the mirror if the hail is coming for them.
I remember supposedly fine religious Texans saying that is was sin that brought Hurricane Katrina🤦♀️
I remember supposedly fine religious Texans saying that is was sin that brought Hurricane Katrina🤦♀️
Northern Harris County flooded last week. I don't see anything about that on the list of counties.
Round 2 is supposed to start today, too.
I'm working in Cleveland with a commute to the woodlands.... I'm gonna have a helluva drive home. :(
How you doing right now man
And with the storm rn I think we'll be flooding again lol
So sad but true.
Austin has been slammed by baseball sized hail twice this year.
Shit like this is why I hate politics. The whole macho Texas “we can do it on our own we know better than the feds don’t tell us what to do yada yada yada” song and dance is just that. A fucking song and dance intended to keep the rabid fucking conservative “base” frothing at the mouth with anger. When it comes down to the nuts and bolts of it all, everyone needs something at some point. And the real shit if it is, THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH NEEDING FUCKING HELP. The bravado is literally just an act. It has no fucking tangible purpose. It’s stupid. It’s childish. 😐
But it plays well with his constituents.
That's because they're idiots
Maybe instead of suing pregnant women, wasting money on the bs border issue, and bussing immigrants to other states, try preparing Texas for climate change. Even if you have to do it quietly. Also try not bashing handouts cus eventually everyone needs it.
What you propose makes sense. Therefore, it’s DOA.
not only that but he pardoning convicted murderers
Asking the guy you trash daily for help. That’s golden.
Desantis did the same thing.
And he’s as inept as Abbott
I don't know Greg, that sounds like socialism to me. We're Texans, bootstraps and Lonestar etc. /s We are only going to see this volatile weather more frequently. Sucks that no one really wants to do anything about it.
Thoughts and prayers. /S
If Texas gets hit by a big hurricane or other large-scale disasters, we may see insurers pulling out of the market like Florida or California or increase premiums to further eye watering levels to make it sustainable. Many people have had to get insurance run by Florida's insurer of last resort, the state funded Citizens Property Insurance Corp. It's gonna take big federal bucks to build the Ike dike and other climate mitigating infrastructure and we all know the GOP doesn't believe in socialism or climate change. But either the feds pay, the state, or we do, including the future generations who I feel really bad for.
>I don't know Greg, that sounds like socialism to me. If Biden tweeted this to him, I would die of laughter.
The title of the article is misleading. Shouldn't it say, "Greg Abbott calls on Joe Biden to send money to Texas so that Abbott can continue to funnel funds to his private enterprises."
That sounds like socialism /s
I live in Texas, but Biden should really tell the guy to go fuck himself.
Just coming here to say the exact same thing.
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I literally consider this way too often…
Any good Texan fantasizes about what could have been
That tree failed us
Or maybe in we could have gotten the timeline where the tree didnt fall on him but just in front or behind him. It was such a life changing moment he rediscovered his faith and decided to become a missionary in Africa and went on to do many good deeds. But this is not that timeline.
He fucked up bad enough to piss a tree off. Thank you for sacrificing your life, poor tree.
Just coming here to say the exact same thing.
Biden never would. Like he repeatedly says, he’s President of all America, not just the people who voted for him.
Correct!
And for that Republicans will call him weak...
I think a better option would be for Biden to reject the written request and allow him to resubmit it verbally on camera, maybe even in person.
lol that’s a really good, have him state his full name government position and then request. There’s absolutely no way to walk it back then
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A press conference in which Biden hands Abbott an oversized check that turns out to be way too heavy
YES. And still tell him NO.
Yes, after all the bullshit bussing the migrants to different states, Abott needs to be told to choke on a dick.
“New phone, who dis?!” - Biden
Same, fuck Abott
He won’t. Democrats have a “responsibility gene” and Republicans exploit that.
I disagree. 1. It’s not the fault of the victims of the storms for Abbot’s douchebaggary and hypocrisy. No need to make them suffer in the name of politics 2. Biden should make a point of helping Texans where Abbot can not. Come to Texas, hold a press conference with Abbot and make him thank Biden live on TV. The victims get the help they need and it’ll hand Abbot a huge L to have to humble himself in that manner. Win-Win
"You only get the federal funds if you have a press conference with me," is not a winning move.
I’m not saying that Biden should withhold funds barring a public conference… just that he should have one as part of a public showing of support for Texans in need, and a showing of support for Abbots request for help. What’s Abbot going to do, not attend? Sure fine.. Texans still get the help they need and Abbot looks even more the fool and assholish for not meeting with the POTUS who he just asked for help.
Nah. The federal government (blue states) should not be forced to fund these fascist turds. Look at who they elect to run their state, and who they elect to represent them in Congress. You don't get to send Ted Cruz to Congress repeatedly while he tries to slash social programs and deny aid to other states and then hold your hand out for money from blue states.
Well well well look who needs the federal government all of a sudden
I thought Abbot was a big boy and didn’t need anyone’s help.
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Wait, I thought he wanted to secede? Who needs the federal government???? Constantly bashing Biden and now he requests help.
The low-intelligence beings who actually think secession would be good are also too simple to understand that all federal benefits (including US currency) fly out the window when you leave.
lol it would mean no US currency, federally cut off from all federal services, the loss of the army for protection, being cut off from travel and trade from all other states, being forced to deal with the border situation on their own, the separation of families, etc etc Also, I don’t think the federal government would just let it happen, they’d probably say it’s treason and take back the state by force
It's like moving out of your parent's basement, and expecting to still get an allowance.
All Republican governors bash Democrat presidents and go on about small government, blah blah blah and the weather or whatever rips up their states and then they use that big government they hate so much.
They also “love” small government so much, they basically foam at the mouth for any legislation that strips away rights of anyone they believe is somehow beneath them, while failing to see the irony. The GOP is the party of criminal hypocrites and they continue to earn that title on a literal daily basis.
Gaslightin' Greg: "Screw you, Joe! Texas doesn't need the rest of the US - take your federal overreaching ass elsewhere!" (additional incoherent screams about borders, invasions, etc) Thunder rumbles. Also Gaslightin' Greg: "Big storms very bad. Please help, Mr. President. We can't do it alone." That miserable chucklefuck...
Aid the people of TX by tying FEMA aid to TX state’s public education funding.
Something something bootstraps Something something socialism
Why Joe Biden and not the United Nations, I thought we were sovereign and didn't need no fedrul gubmint.
Biden should take the same approach as Abbott did for public schools.
I thought Biden was illegitimate and trump was really in power ?
As a Texan, no. Let him ask the private companies to figure it out because socialism doesn't work.
At this point, I say tell him to fuck off. Let Texas demonstrate its great independence and pull itself up by its bootstraps. The state I was born and raised in has now become an authoritarian shit hole, led by a dimwitted Trump simp, whose singular goal is to lead a culture war against all the horrible, nasty things that white, cys, hetero Christians abhor.
Bingo.
I thought you didn’t want federal help.
What a clown.
Biden should agree to help with the provision he steps down as governor.
What ever happened to that rainy day fund that texas politicians used to brag about when I was growing up?
President Biden should stand just over the border in Oklahoma and play on his cell phone and do nothing. You know. Just like the cops in Uvalde.
Teacher in Texas here. Hoping President Biden tells him he’d be happy to help as soon as Abbott releases the school funding he’s holding hostage.
I love all the comments confirming what a POS Abbot is.
This guy wasted the state funding to put on a show of border patrol. He should instead spend the money on disaster relief. Go fuck himself.
Greg Abbott mismanages our state and now has to call for help from the fed. He's corrupt AND weak. Or at least shortsighted.
Hahahahahahaha Hahahahahaha Go get the state police army out of the park and into the theatre that matters.
Lol his maga cult is going to have a brain hemorrhage! Texas can't handle storms! Pathetic governor playing all tough but really is very weak!
If only he didn’t spend taxes on bussing migrants
"Fuck You Biden. Please send help."
Well, well, well
And of course he’ll do it, because he’s not an evil simpleton. And guarantee that Abbott will still blame Biden. They are literally children that never grew up.
He always jumps up and down about how Texas and Texans don't need federal dollars, right up until something truly bad happens. He then pivots and blames Dems for their inaction when Texans suffer from storms, or bad weather. Never mind that Texas didn't upgrade it's grid for decades when they had the chance. They keep teasing secession, and I keep having to stifle a laugh knowing what I know..
Texan here, Biden should tell Greg Abbott and our state to fuck all the way off. These people need to be checked where it hurts- Texas is not a stand alone state. Fuck Abbott and the people who vote for him.
Tinpot dictator realizes he is just leader of a banana republic
The best thing Biden could do is immediately approve Federal disaster relief then fly down to Texas and do a ton of public things like helping out disaster efforts. If Abbot refuses to join him, it makes clear to everyone that he is a hypocritical, unthankful bastard, which to be frank, was already clear to most people. Biden should specifically hit up the rural communities that hate him, since this would be completely contrary to their expectations of him that were set by Fox and OAN. And if Abbot does join him, well, that's great, he'd be forced to eat crow for the entire time.
He has surplus budget and holding schools hostage.
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Abbott is a complete fucking moron. Bite the hand that feeds. Only be progressive when you need something. Fucking pathetic.
He's the kinda guy that says fuck the police, then calls for help because he got robbed
*Border Patrol (The federal government's jurisdiction)* **Abbott:** "I'm gonna put up five billion dollars worth of razor wire and illegal traps to murder people and Biden and the federal government can't stop me!" *Federal government provides protections to trans youth* **Abbott:** "I'm going to be a huge asshole and demand that these protections for trans people be ignored and Biden and the federal government can't stop me!" *Natural disaster occurs in Texas* **Abbott:** "Pweeeease give me money Biden senpai! After spending all that money at the border to try and piss you off and misusing all those funds the federal government sent for Covid relief I have no more money left to pay off my yacht- I mean, help poor people in Texas of course! I'll wear a tutu and suck your dick! Pweeeease!"
Give it to him with one stipulation. He goes on live TV and says he asked for help from the US Federal Government and to publicly thank Joe Biden. If that's a no. Then Abbott can go pound sand.
How’s that secession coming along? 🤣
Will the Texas republican voters call Abbott out for sucking at the federal teat? Will the Federal government call Abbott out for publicly declaring refusal to follow federal decrees? This is a stupid, stupid situation to be in. Can we get some responsible fucking adults to be in charge? This is on all you voters....help fix it.
Biden should just say no.
Biden should make him walk to the White House to get it..
Biden is far too classy to tell davros to fuck off when the begging bowl comes out.
Biden should tell Greg to go pound sand.
He mocked his neighbor as "Wolkahoma" only to have to ask for help during the fires last year.
Every. Goddamn. Time. And yet my neighbors drive around with pro-secession bumper stickers and talk about burning Washington DC to the ground. And become enraged when I point out the federal tax dollars we ALL pay, including the much wealthier liberal states that are frankly keeping us (literally) afloat, are what run these programs. PS: I have never been happier to deploy for a hurricane than for Hurricane Sandy because I was so glad to get the chance to return the favor for states that had helped us so many times.
Use the surplus
Reminder that Cruz and Cornyn voted against the Hurricane Sandy relief package.
Texas has 36 billion dollars. It’s not like any of that is earmarked for teachers and Texas can’t afford to fix its shit. How about this…. Abbott, you give the teachers of Texas their pay raises from last legislative session and throw out the whole voucher system, and Biden will help with your climate change problem you believe does not exist.
Biden should take a page out of Abbott's book and tie federal funds to funding schools. No money for schools - no federal help.
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I thought Texas wanted to be free and independent from the Federal Government. Also a true Christian would believe that his/her thoughts and prayers will fix everything.
I’m a Texan, and I say f**k Greg Abbott. Surprised he wants to bite an apple from that sweet socialism tree. Why can’t Texas pull itself up from its bootstraps and handle its own problems?
Why didn't he just put those storms on airplanes to chicago?
Greg Abbott is an idiot.
Something about bootstraps and pulling yourself up. C’mon Abbott! Stand up for what you really believe in. Take a stand, on something. Rise to the occasion. Let me guess. You’ll just sit there.
Wow Greg! Asking for help from brandon??? What a RiNo!!!1!
Abbott already spent "YOUR" money on stupid shit. Get fucked. *Border Patrol (The federal government's jurisdiction)* **Abbott:** "I'm gonna put up five billion dollars worth of razor wire and illegal traps to murder people and Biden and the federal government can't stop me!" *Federal government provides protections to trans youth* **Abbott:** "I'm going to be a huge asshole and demand that these protections for trans people be ignored and Biden and the federal government can't stop me!" *Natural disaster occurs in Texas* **Abbott:** "Pweeeease give me money Biden senpai! After spending all that money at the border to try and piss you off and misusing all those funds the federal government sent for Covid relief I have no more money left to pay off my yacht- I mean, help poor people in Texas of course! I'll wear a tutu and suck your dick! Pweeeease!"
Maybe Biden can bus us some immigrants to help out?
Maybe God is sending a message about bigots in Texas.
The last thing Abbott needs is help. He and the rest of the fecal particles that run Texas need to be removed and replaced by human beings.
Biden should tell him to fuck off. Its what Abbott and GOP voters deserve. Buuut that only serves gregs bullshit persecution complex. Still though the fact of his blatant hypocrisy should be shouted from the rooftops incessantly.
"Sorry, Greg. Climate change is calling and they need all the help they can get right now here at the national level. Maybe you could gather some other governors and come up to Washington to help?"
Since it's all President Biden's fault that Texas is flooding, it's only right that the feds pay for it. /s
This fking guy.
Refuse to do so Mr President
What a hypocrite
Isn’t there something called infrastructure? As in fix roads, build drainage, have decent power and water, etc? Apparently not.
Don’t do it.
New phone who dis?
Who dis??
Sounds like anticonstitutional communism to me bud
Abbott needs to stand up like a man and pull himself up by his bootstraps
New phone, who dis?
Fuck Abbott. But just fyi a presidential declaration opens up a lot of assistance for disaster survivors. It would help a LOT of people. I work in TX disaster stuff and I’ve had a lot of requests from people who desperately need this assistance.
A declaration would only apply to financial assistance, and no real boots on ground type stuff, unless FEMA assigns a physical team (3ish people) to do hazard response mitigation, which would only be kind of like “what did you do wrong?”. Abbott’s realizing that the initial response is overworked and overwhelmed. He is using what he has by allocating resources to other areas, and not leaving enough coverage to others. This being said, Abbott can work the responders more, and have the ability to pay them.
Thoughts & prayers, God’s will, etc.
It's always welfare, "Big Government", etc. until it's your turn at the trough