After vetoing animal cruelty bill, Gov. Abbott tweeted a July 4 pic of his dog. It didn't go well.

[TexasTowelie]

Days after facing a social media firestorm for vetoing a bipartisan bill barring Texans from using heavy chains to tether their dogs outside, Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted a Fourth of July greeting from his golden retriever, Pancake.

You can guess how well that went over.

Twitter users excoriated the Republican governor shortly after he posted a pic of Pancake in a red, white and blue cowboy hat "ready to celebrate" Independence Day. You could call the response a dog pile.

In addition to the expected slams over ERCOT and his fantastical border wall, many called out Abbott for wanting to parade his precious pooch after vetoing a bill that would have expanded and clarified Texas' animal cruelty laws.

"Pancake is lucky that the worst he has to endure is being associated with you, the one who VETOED an animal cruelty bill that passed both the house and senate," user @EmKay_Texas tweeted. "You are horrible."

Link to tweet

Read more: https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2021/07/06/after-vetoing-animal-cruelty-bill-texas-gov-abbott-tweeted-a-july-4-pic-of-his-dog-it-didnt-go-well

[SoCalDavidS]

1. Isn't That A Different Dog Than One He Left At Home Without Heat While He Retreated To Cancun?

Never mind.....just remembered that was a different Texas Asshole.

Cancun Cruz, how could I forget?

[dflprincess]

2. Pancake looks like he's planning his revenge. Nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Anti-voting rights, pro-animal cruelty" is a bold re-election message

Link to tweet

[3catwoman3]

4. What possible reason could there be...

…to veto this?

[rpannier]

6. He calls it micro managing

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/gov-abbott-vetoes-bill-expanding-animal-cruelty-laws-calls-it-micro-managing/

[SergeStorms]

8. That's the whole point of government.

Pass sensible laws to keep insensible people from doing harm to themselves and others. If that's "micromanaging" Abbott should resign as Governor because he doesn't have a clue what his job entails.

Apparently he thinks everyone should just do whatever they feel like doing, come hell or high water.

How did this doorknob get elected? He must have run unopposed, because any single celled organism should have easily defeated him.

[rpannier]

11. He appeals to people like this

https://www.rawstory.com/annies-campground/

[rpannier]

5. Two Things

1. Pancake is a good looking dog
2. Abbott is a loser (Pancake keeps him from being a total loser)

[captain queeg]

7. Pancake doesn't look all that happy to me. Probably knows he's going back on the chain after photo

[SergeStorms]

9. Pancake is thinking.....

"I'm going to take a dump in your $800 Manalo Blahnik slippers tonight, asshole".

Good boy, Pancake. Good boy. 🐕💩

[DemocraticPatriot]

10. The "tone deafness" of Gov. Abbott is rather astounding.

He should be put out of his political misery, as soon as possible.

[Harker]

12. He should be put out of our misery. n/t

[Midnight Writer]

13. This is a Karl Rove tactic. People will remember the cute picture, not the story behind it.

When you cut spending for child healthcare, for example, you release pictures of your candidate with adorable kids.

The photo is more memorable to people than a statement of fact.

[Paladin]

14. Rove is a complete prick, but he would have avoided this political collision.

Abbott is trump-level stupid. We have weekly, sometimes daily proof of that.