This week, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott announced that the state will be opening businesses at 100% capacity while also scrapping the state’s mask mandate.
After President Joe Biden criticized Abbott’s approach, the Texas governor claimed that Biden was to blame for spreading COVID-19 in Texas for allowing undocumented immigrants into the state.
Both Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick went on Fox News this week to spread xenophobia while trying to defend the decision to go back to normality while the virus continues to kill people.
You can listen to their remarks in the video clips below:
After rescinding the state's mask mandate, Greg Abbott is now blaming undocumented immigrants (and Biden) for spreading Covid in Texas pic.twitter.com/DOnFDwPUdW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 4, 2021
Dan Patrick also blames undocumented immigrants for spreading Covid in Texas pic.twitter.com/o6IvLTEXCs
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 4, 2021
