The Tragedy of Texas

I thought the meme here was clever.

Between COVID-19 incompetence, voter suppression, and the abortion ban, Texas is a complete disgrace to the union.

It would be interesting to know what is motivating governor Greg Abbott to make his state so totally reviled by everyone but the extreme right wing, especially the white nationalist QAnon idiots.

His actions re: the pandemic, e.g., banning mask mandates, will both prolong the pandemic and frighten off visitors.  Does that sound like a good idea in any conceivable respect?

Someone suggested that crashing the state’s economy will hurt Biden and provide a benefit to the Republicans in the 2022 midterms.  As nutty as that sounds, I really don’t have a better theory.