Ah, Texas. Home of the Cowboys, some of the finest BBQ in the world, and more right-wing nutjob politicians than you can possibly shake a stick at. As it turns out, one of them just so happens to be the current Governor of the Lone Star state, and earlier today he decided to wade into the debate over the right of transgender Americans to use whatever bathroom they choose.
Governor Greg Abbot fired up his computer and posted this bit of lunacy on Twitter:
JFK wanted to send a man to the moon. Obama wants to send a man to the women's restroom. We must get our country back on track. #tcot
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) May 17, 2016
First of all, what in the hell does one have to do with the other?! Secondly, since it was in Texas that President Kennedy was brutally murdered, does Governor Abbot really think it’s such a good idea to be referencing the 35th President?
But the reaction from other Twitter users was much more brutal than anything I can hope to muster. Just take a look and you’ll want to applaud the way social media called out the Governor:
Congrats! This is the dumbass political equivalent of the "10 years ago we had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash" tweet.
— “Andrew Kirell” is my Halloween costume (@AndrewKirell) May 17, 2016
.@GregAbbott_TX (@AndyHerren) pic.twitter.com/GrUv8jAGE7
— BadExampleMan (@BadExampleMan) May 17, 2016
thank u for continuing Texases long tradition of extreme hospitalty towards JFK
— PFTCommenter (@PFTCommenter) May 17, 2016
I'm Greg Abbott, and I have the mental capacity of a 7 year old
— Greg Siggins (@GWSigg) May 17, 2016
.@GregAbbott_TX Actually, Obama proposed "moonshot" program to defeat cancer, while you failed to accept Medicaid expansion to needy Texans
— techweenie ? (@techweenie) May 17, 2016
.@GregAbbott_TX holy shit, seriously? Are you my drunk uncle at thanksgiving or an elected official?
— ryan ? (@99LuftBaboons) May 17, 2016
.@GregAbbott_TX Please get your Twitter account back on track pic.twitter.com/KC8jhHTRpU
— Cedric Witchards (@CedricRichards) May 17, 2016
Hey, Greg, you might want to stick to something you know a little bit about before you go on Twitter again. Of course, that presumes you have a brain in the first place.
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