[Texas resident]

Abbott is following Ron Desantis’ lead. He is not a leader. However, if he gets in a primary with Paxton he will be in trouble.

[Jane Long]

Abbott is following Ron Desantis’ lead. He is not a leader. However, if he gets in a primary with Paxton he will be in trouble.

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I’ve said the exact same thing.

Agree, completely.

[Cen-Tejas]

Maybe on Paxton, but his performance on the Texas Lawsuit vs the Big Steal (forever shall it be known) reminds me of a collie dog we used to herd goats 50 years ago. Boy was he smart! Tell him and his partner to “pen em” and you could consider 500 goats penned. And that’s no exaggeration.

But, he also knew bad guys too. One day a neighboring rancher drove up in his pickup and that little collie ran and hid. We always suspected that rancher had kicked him or maybe even shot at him.

I think Paxton mismanaged that lawsuit and then ran and hid when the Robert’s group of liberals ruled against him. Abbott doesn’t kick doors in I agree. But, he’s steady, in my humble opinion.

[Wallace T.]

Abbott has a challenger, Don Huffines, a solid conservative. During the pandemic, Abbott's record was shameful and more on a par with RINO governors like Mike DeWine of Ohio, where COVID restrictions were moderately harsh rather than Ron DeSantis, who refused to lock down Florida. When combined with the dismal performance by the Republican led, but RINO-Democrat controlled legislature, which passed little in the way of the sort of conservative legislation that states like Florida and Tennessee passed. Dan Patrick, the former talk show host who serves as Lieutenant Governor, has excellent conservative rhetoric but little action. It has been alleged in conservative media that Abbott and Patrick dragged their feet on matters such as transgenders playing in sports not of their birth sex or sexual mutilation of minors.

As a result, many Texas conservatives are sick and tired of the pro-freedom rhetoric and statist policies of the GOP establishment. I doubt Trump is familiar with the details of Texas politics, so I will give him a pass on his endorsement of Abbott.