Abbott: Isn't that the most Un-Texan thing you've ever heard. Texans running from a fight...bwahaha

[IcyPeas]

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[Deuxcents]

1. No. Your senator Cruz

Remember he bailed on a natural disaster. This action is for principle and the bedrock of our democracy. The same kind of passion that is what you celebrate at the Alamo.. only they’re using 21st century tactics to overcome the rules you imposed

[Texasgal]

2. I hope our Reps are hidden somewhere.

Safe... this may go on a while.

Fuck you Abbott!

[UTUSN]

3. Yea, Cancun CRUZ & RUBIO ain't exactly Freedom Fighters in Cuba just now.

[RockRaven]

4. He doesn't know the history of the Alamo, apparently.

Despite bullshit legends, that paragon of Texas history/virtue involved a lot of people running away, with varying outcomes (almost universally bad, but still, it's their fucking bullshit legend).

[oasis]

6. Alamo. Some Texans will be "running away" from answering questions

about the actual history.

[-misanthroptimist]

5. It's an odd argument for Abbott to make

In addition to the points about Cruz, it's a fact that Abbott himself is a serial liar. Lying is running away from a fight. It's cowardly and dishonest. Lying is also theft -you are attempting to steal someone's belief. Politically, it is about gaining votes that the truth would prevent you from getting.

Abbott is un-Texan, un-American, and a coward to boot.

[PortTack]

7. Ab-butt ...Dems are doing what the voters expect of them...every last thing they can to protect

Their right to vote!

You..on the other hand are trying to PREVENT ppl from voting. Your lies are catching up with you

[vercetti2021]

8. I might be insensitive for saying this

But they are taking a stand by denying you and your psycho party from suppressing Texas voters.

[DanieRains]

9. Not Letting Republicans Pass Racist Laws Is Fine With Me

Racists.

[monkeyman1]

10. gov . abbfuck ?

I lived in texas & had enough brain's to get the hell out . gov. abbfuck is taking down texas & so is teddy the escape artist take like's to run with a yell'a stripe down his back side when the shit hit's the fan. then ya got TFG & Moscow mitch that are proven draft dodger's that ( gag) patriot's! time for people to smart'n up !

[KY_EnviroGuy]

11. Abbott, I hate to tell you this, but voter suppression IS running from a fight.

It's like assassinating your opponents even before they climb into the ring......

KY

[flotsam]

12. Texans in a fight?

The Lost Battalion" refers to the 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry (36th Infantry Division, originally Texas National Guard), which was surrounded by German forces in the Vosges Mountains on 24 October 1944.[1]

Against the advice of his senior officers, Maj. General John E. Dahlquist committed the "Texas Battalion" to an engagement. The battalion was cut off by the Germans, and attempts by the 141st Infantry Regiment's other two battalions to extricate it failed.[2] The 405th Fighter Squadron of the 371st Fighter Group airdropped supplies to the 275 trapped soldiers, but conditions on the ground quickly deteriorated as the Germans continued to repel American attempts to reach the trapped unit.[3]

The final rescue attempt was made by the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated unit composed of Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans). The 442nd had been given a period of rest after heavy fighting to liberate Bruyères and Biffontaine, but General Dahlquist called them back early to relieve the beleaguered 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 36th. In five days of battle, from 26 to 30 October 1944, the 442nd broke through German defenses and rescued 211 men.[3] The 442nd suffered over 800 casualties.[4] I Company went in with 185 men; 8 came out unhurt. K Company engaged the enemy with 186 men; 169 were wounded or killed. Additionally, the commander sent a patrol of 50–55 men to find a way to attack a German road block by the rear and try to liberate the remainder of the trapped men. Only five returned to the "Lost Battalion" perimeter; 42 were taken prisoner and were sent to Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Bavaria, where they remained until the POW camp was liberated on 29 April 1945.


They do not appear very good at it...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Battalion_(Europe,_World_War_II)