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This Twitter storm regarding the comments of TEXAS Gov. Gregg Abbott as per the Chron article below is not exactly accurate.
Abbott is trying to condone his non-lawyer Judge Oakley comments and play down the racism and sexism that’s rife in his State of Texas governmental departments, which Laws In Texas has been tweeting about a lot recently @lawsintexasusa
You can check the statements of Oakley, wherein he also tried to reference the Picante ad. But Oakley’s comments included a tree and a rope….
Basically Abbott thought he could make the same statement and somehow his version would be considered “a joke”. But he quickly learned that it is not a joke, it is racist and totally unacceptable in the modern-day era.
#SayNoToRacism.
The fact that Abbott even attempted this shows he is willing to go to any lengths to cover up for his racist govermental and judicial employees. If the CEO of a Fortune 100 said that, he’d be sacked.
Gov. Gregg Abbott should resign.
Whataburger debacle lands Gov. Greg Abbott in hot water for using controversial line from old Pace ad: ‘Get a rope’
Published; Dec. 14, 2019
Gov. Greg Abbott revived a debate Saturday about a controversial line from a decades-old Pace Picante ad: “Get a rope.”
Abbott tweeted the reference after a follower jokingly asked him what he was going to do about a Whataburger that had run out of Dr Pepper.
One minute later, another Twitter user accused the governor of making an insensitive joke about lynching.
“Lynching jokes? Still? It’s 2019, Greg,” Gary M. Sarli tweeted. The governor responded by telling him to “lighten up, dude.”
“It’s a line ripped off of the Pace Picante Get A Rope Commercial,” Abbott wrote with a link to the old advertisement. “Put a smile on your face. Go to Whataburger & order a double with cheese & jalapeños. Tell them Dr. Pepper sent you.”
Sarli said he remembered the ad too, but it doesn’t justify using the remark.
“It’s not OK,” he replied. “Lynching jokes are making light of the mass murder of Black folks by lynch mobs. It’s not OK to joke about this.”
The Pace commercial shows a few men around a fire chiding someone for offering a jar of salsa from New York City, instead of the San Antonio-based Pace Picante.
“Get a rope,” one man says at the end of the ad.
It’s not the first time a Texas official has been criticized for using the phrase. Just last month, Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller drew fire for similarly deploying the line.
He included it in a Facebook comment about the Sons of Confederate Veterans being denied entry to a Veterans Day Parade in Stephenville, Texas, unless they removed confederate flags from their uniforms and displays.
“Who told them to leave,” Miller wrote. “Get a rope.”
When it drew criticism and attention in news media, Miller said: “Good grief people, it’s a joke.”
Democrats called Miller “completely unhinged” for a similar controversy during his re-election campaign in 2018. In that instance, he posted a picture of opponent Kim Olson with U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey as evidence that Olson was out of touch with a majority of Texans.
Miller then liked a comment in which a follower said: “Get a rope. Or just vote straight ticket Republican.”
Democrats pointed out that the photo featured Booker, who is African-American. A spokesman for Miller said then that the agriculture commissioner “doesn’t have a racist bone in his body.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott. One Man. One Agenda.
Texas Lawmakers passed a bill earlier this year requiring the agency to be more transparent, but Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed the measure, insisting that the commission could choose to be more transparent if it wanted to be.
The Texas Judiciary is in a Terrible State and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Likes it That Way
Texas Lawmakers passed a bill earlier this year requiring the agency to be more transparent, but Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed the measure, insisting that the commission could choose to be more transparent if it wanted to be.
Abbott the Law. How the Governor of Texas Reigns Supreme, For Now. #RESTORETX
Two former members of Texas state’s disciplinary board for judges claim Gov. Greg Abbott ousted them for initially voting to sanction a Waco judge who refused to officiate same-sex weddings
Lighten up dude.
It’s a line ripped off of the Pace Picante Get A Rope Commercial https://t.co/VZvIGFYCf1 via @YouTube.
Put a smile on your face.
Go to @Whataburger & order a double with cheese & jalapeños.Be sure to choose the spicy ketchup!
Tell them @drpepper sent you. https://t.co/EBnh9ZvmcZ— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) December 14, 2019
The Blue Slip: Biden Admin’s Judicial Nominee Chief Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick (PA)
United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania nominee Karoline Mehalchick has been a Magistrate Judge for last 10 years
Former Judge and Lawyer J. Michael Luttig’s ‘Constitutional Crisis’ is a Diversion
The truth is the People do not trust the U.S. Government, full of lawyers and judges who ‘run the country’ and assert they are above the law.
There’s a Bunch of Federal Judges Departing from this Financial Services Case, But Not Allyson Ho
US District Court Judge Lynn Hughes Departs Involuntarily While One Unnamed 5th Cir. Judge recuses (we assume Jones) and Owen departs too.
Judge me later… at least in #Texas – right Ted? pic.twitter.com/3K1XgJ15yl
— LawsInTexas (@lawsintexasusa) December 31, 2019
Nancy Valentine
January 11, 2021 at 9:54 pm
Virus shot…I live in the Buena Vista seniors community in Cleburne, Johnson Co. Texas. I am 81 yrs. old and Albertson’s pharmacy gives us flu shots here. We signed on a certain time and showed up when they came to give the flu shots. There are many Senior living places in the area here and it would be easier for everyone if they came here to give us the Covid19 shots.
Thank you for your work,
Nancy Valentine