This morning Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an Executive Order making Vaccine Passports Illegal in The Great State of Texas! This is very good news and continues a string of pro-Freedom decisions by the Governor to rebuild his image after some very poor, some have said Statist handling of the Commie Cough.
Specifics:
--No state or political agency may compel or force vaccine info/compliance
--Any Public/Private entity receiving public funds may not compel vaccine info/compliance
--Order supersedes any new local orders or ordinances
This not only looks like a win for Texans and Freedom, but it could show that Abbott is getting back on track and learned a lesson. Or perhaps he is tired of hearing about DeSantis. Whatever. Going to take the W.
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That's what I thought too. Probably tried to stay within the confines of the law and not order private businesses to do whatever, but a ton of larger private businesses receive public funds in some way, even if just by tax abatement. AG is an asshole that I don't expect will hold back going after one if they try it.
When Texas closed all the businesses and ordered everyone to stay in their homes they didn't try to "stay within the confines of the law and not order private businesses to do whatever."
I don't disagree. I'm not a fan of Abbott at all and want him out in the primary. I'd have to see an extremely strong will to get out ahead of the BS and stand up to it to change my mind. I will take what I can get in the meantime though.
I'm hanging on to threads that the legislature does something. There's a lot of bills in the works to limit the governor's executive powers that need to pass.