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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo people in Texas still believe Reagan's "most terrifying words
in the English language: I am from the government and I am here to help you?"
JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)I wonder if they wish they had heard this instead:
"I am your president. I am here to make sure you have the help you need."
Not nonsense about 'fearing' him or crowd sizes.
LBJ did 'caring for Americans' right. With a flashlight in a shelter.
TexasProgresive
(12,148 posts)Dem_4_Life
(1,765 posts)However the opposite is true for the a lot of the other people affected in some of those small towns along the coast between Houston and Corpus. Maybe *hopefully* this will be a wake up call for them in the next elections.
Let's hope. It's time for Texas to turn blue.
question everything
(47,264 posts)Conservative Texans Love To Fight The Feds Until They Need Them
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/conservative-texans-love-to-blame-the-feds-until-they-need-them_us_59a82530e4b010ca289ae081?section=us_us-news
For Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), suing the federal government is a point of pride.
During Barack Obamas presidency, Texas sued the administration at least 48 times. Abbott, who served as the states attorney general before winning the governorship in 2014, filed 31 of those lawsuits, according to the Texas Tribune. The Lone Star State has fought the federal government on matters ranging from drugs used for executions to climate change regulations. And Texas Republicans have refused to become part of the Affordable Care Acts expansion of Medicaid, turning their backs on billions of federal dollars.
Abbott is so skeptical of federal activities that he deployed the Texas State Guard in 2015 to monitor a U.S. military training exercise in the state. The move was seen as fanning conspiracy theories about the Obama administration, including one that claimed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was creating political prisoner camps in Walmarts.