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To: Texans
We must vote out Governor Greg Abbott!
Governor Greg Abbott is a failed Governor, and needs to be voted out. From his negligence during the Texas winter freeze of 2021, to his mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic, his actions (or lack thereof) have caused the deaths of thousands of Texans. Earlier this year during the formula shortage, Texas families were scrambling to find the formula their babies needed to survive. But instead of working to fix the problem, Greg Abbott (no relation to Abbott Nutrition, the greedy corporation behind the formula shortage) attacked President Joe Biden and outrageously blamed immigrants for the shortage, suggesting formula should be withheld from babies in detention, which would lead those babies in need of formula to starve. Greg Abbott is not the governor that Texas deserves, and he needs to be stopped.
Why is this important?
Greg Abbott is running for a third term this year, and he’s using his office to promote baseless propaganda, instead of working with the administration to act swiftly and decisively to support Texans. Migrant children deserve respect and care, and to blame them instead of corporations falls directly in line with the rising blatant racism and xenophobia from the Republican Party. The corporate monopoly of major formula manufacturers contributed to this crisis—and elected leaders need to break their corporate stranglehold, not scapegoat and harm immigrant families and babies. This callous behavior from Greg Abbott cannot go on, he needs to resign.
Sign the petition demand that Governor Abbott resign, and if he doesn't resign, we will be ready to vote him out come 2022!
Sources:
1. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/04/texas-energy-industry-donations-legislature/
2. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/08/greg-abbott-texas-covid-catastrophe
3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/where-is-greg-abbott-anger-grows-at-texas-governor/2021/02/21/86324e54-72d6-11eb-b8a9-b9467510f0fe_story.html