Texas Governor Praises Fictional Town for “Booing” LGBTQ+ Supportive Superstar

Garth Brooks proves he is a genuine ally

TX Gov, Greg Abbott (left) Garth Brooks (right) Photo treatment by the author

You can’t make this shit up. Then again, you don’t have to because this actually happened.

It should come as no shock to anyone that Texas Governor and hatemonger Greg Abbott fully supports the “Go Woke, Go Broke” movement aimed at boycotting LGBTQ+ friendly companies and products. Abbott has, after all, been vying with his Florida counterpart Ron DeSantis for the dubious title of the state exec determined to do the greatest harm to queer and trans folk, asylum seekers, persons of color, and anyone and everyone who is likely to vote Democratic.

Still, one might also assume that a public servant like Abbott — he has been serving in elected statewide office for two decades, first as Attorney General, then as Governor — would have accumulated some basic knowledge about the municipalities under his auspices.

So much for assumptions.

In spite of declaring him 2020’s “Best Governor in the Nation,” Abbott evidently can’t tell the difference between a real Texas town and a…