Greg Abbott, the Czar of Border Lies: How His Falsehoods Fuel Republican Rhetoric [View all]

From Neanderthal Comments to Border Lies: The Journey of Deception

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/greg-abbott-the-czar-of-border-lies





The mountains of lies about the border all began with Governor Greg Abbott. In fact, we can pinpoint the exact moment that the lies started.

It was early 2021, and COVID-19 was raging out of control. Greg Abbott’s billionaire donors pressured him to end COVID-19 restrictions in Texas. You probably remember Abbott’s right-hand man, Dan Patrick, going on TV and encouraging low-wage workers to sacrifice their lives for the sake of the economy.

Although 100,000 Texans lost their lives to COVID-19, Abbott decided to remove state-level COVID-19 restrictions because the bottom line of his donors was the most important thing. In response, President Joe Biden accused Abbott of “Neanderthal thinking.” That was March 3, 2021.

While many of us agree with Biden, it was that word, “Neanderthal,” which gave Abbott the fuel he needed to start an anti-Biden border crusade, which has now cost Texas taxpayers $13 billion. Within days of being referred to as a “Neanderthal,” Abbott launched his first attack against Biden.

Over the last three years, we have watched every Republican from Texas to Timbuktu cry, scream, and shout about the border. The border crisis. Biden’s border crisis. The border invasion. It’s important to remember, at the very core of the over-inflated border lies, is Greg Abbott’s hurt feelings over being a “Neanderthal.”