It’s cold in Texas. How cold is it? It’s so cold, half of the wind turbines have frozen up.
NEW – Half of #Texas’ wind turbines frozen in winter storm, limiting state’s power output. pic.twitter.com/udMxafc3VI
— Disclose.tv ? (@disclosetv) February 15, 2021
Gov. Greg Abbott is encouraging Texans to stay home rather than get on the roads, and former Sen. Claire McCaskill thought that was a great opportunity for a dunk.
The Governor of Texas is telling Texans to stay home because it is risky to go out. Let that sink in.
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) February 15, 2021
OK.
How dare he tell people what they can do, even if it is to protect them and others?
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) February 15, 2021
i dont think you're making the point you think you're making https://t.co/LjKgsfyeoM
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) February 15, 2021
The number of people who think this is a gotcha is depressing. https://t.co/pe0ysjuU05
— Arthur Boreman Once Held His Breath for 30 Seconds (@ArthurBoreman) February 15, 2021
Yes, because freezing temps, power outages, and icy roads actually kill people, unlike a bad flu with a 99% survival rate. https://t.co/3W6Pq4iufX
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) February 15, 2021
… because far more people die due to extreme freezing temperatures than a virus with a 99.97% survival rate? https://t.co/T4Z8NG88P4
— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) February 15, 2021
this is not a good point https://t.co/58YhoajjZv
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) February 15, 2021
Probably because you're way more likely to die of freezing to death or crashing your car in unfamiliar weather than you ever will be from COVID. https://t.co/ZK4YMWgYOk
— Brandon Morse (beep/boop) (@TheBrandonMorse) February 15, 2021
The intent is obvious, but the execution is quite poor. https://t.co/1aRzBcDRYM
— Peter Cook (@_Peter_Cook) February 15, 2021
There’s such a fine line between clever and stupid. https://t.co/RLSHYJxiVE
— schu (@Schu64) February 15, 2021
Big difference between shutting everything down through force of law and giving travel warnings. https://t.co/leynCc7VkV
— SizzlingMMA (@bacon9292) February 15, 2021
Yeah, it's called real danger. https://t.co/GXaXjlzAVx
— CDV (@CDeevia) February 15, 2021
Ice conditions with vehicles are an actual cause to *advise* for, not *mandate* stay at home orders that are unconstitutional.
Let that sink in. https://t.co/4HwPnbavfn
— Southpaw Shaman (@EpicDisillusion) February 15, 2021
The weather will last a couple of days. Meanwhile it has been almost a year since “15 days to slow the spread.” But keep politicizing the virus, please. https://t.co/wYWkXAfCFS
— nadafoxer (@nadafoxer) February 15, 2021
Right because trying to compare life threatening weather to a virus that has a 99.4% survival rate isn't cognitive dissonance at all. https://t.co/bvIZ0dJdy6
— Mark (@AsSeenOnTv55) February 15, 2021
Pretty sure the weather will pass on its own. Meanwhile you’re asking people to stay in doors for months for a virus that isn’t going to stop as a result. https://t.co/ymVe67uzpN
— Cory (Thank you, Buckeyes) (@ScarletGreatCT) February 15, 2021
Did he go out driving in it himself afterward — like Governor Cuomo did?
If not, how exactly is this an issue? https://t.co/ffly40FwZB— Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) February 15, 2021
You can’t be this stupid.
Advising people to stay inside a warm house during freezing cold conditions and iced-covered roads, is not the same as mandating people remain home and businesses remain closed due to a virus with a 99.97% survival rate. #FollowTheScience https://t.co/offHo82UoM
— Gregory B. Kelty (@GregKelty) February 15, 2021
I dunno, maybe because a shit ton of snow being dumped on millions of southerners who’ve never driven in winter weather before is a bit different than trying to dodge a microscopic virus… https://t.co/GycsrPFq6C
— Scotty (@owningtheglobe) February 15, 2021
Is he threatening a fine or arrest, or is he just telling them? https://t.co/ITFcLVcPle
— Loaf (@TheUnhelpfulNPC) February 15, 2021
Cold fronts have an end date. https://t.co/KaLG4VoMWN
— Andrew J. Sciascia (@AndrewJSciascia) February 15, 2021
What a silly comparison to a year-long lockdown.
To put it in comparable terms, Cuomo forced everyone out on the ice. https://t.co/HgeXv9gbUP
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) February 15, 2021
Bless your heart. https://t.co/wNM278dIve
— Ollie Llama (@texasollie) February 15, 2021
People are actually calling out Abbott on his “hypocrisy” over this.
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 12, 2020
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