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This is basically Abbott's tenure as governor in a nutshell (since he said he's running for reelection in 2022):
Remember Hurricane Harvey in 2017? Yeah, Abbott & FEMA tried reinventing the disaster response. The plan was announced 19 days after landfall, and added additional delay from hiring & training. Displaced residents faced months-long delays for aid & housing https://www.texastribune.org/2018/02/27/texans-left-limbo-gov-abbott-fema-use-harvey-reinvent-disaster-respons/
He also scoffed at Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner's request for additional aid during Hurricane Harvey, claiming the city already has all the aid it needs. https://www.texasobserver.org/hurricane-harvey-sylvester-turner-greg-abbott/amp/
Then in June 2020, farmers across South Texas were stuck with weather-damaged corn during harvest time in spite of the U.S. Department of Agriculture suggesting record yield and increase in corn acres. https://www.kristv.com/news/local-news/south-texas-farmers-stuck-with-weather-damaged-corn
Later the same year in August 2020, the year after the State Legislature legalized industrial hemp, allowing its cultivation for the 1st time in 80 years, its commodity value tanked, and coupled with crop insurance not covering hemp, farmers struggled. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/hemp-farming-texas-cbd/
And on the note about hemp, don't forget that the year before a 71 yr old grandma (and Fort Worth native) was arrested in the DFW airport and jailed for two nights just for carrying CBD oil. https://www.nbcdfw.com/investigations/traveling-grandmother-jailed-for-cbd-oil-i-slept-on-the-floor-next-to-the-toilet/248343/
And on food, remember the thousands waiting in food lines across TX back in November? More than 1 in 10 Texans had to turn to food banks & charity food programs just so they would have food to eat. https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2020-09-25/hunger-in-texas-no-end-in-sight-for-pandemic-food-lines
The food banks too faced grocery shortages due to rates of food insecurity doubling amid the pandemic. https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/07/texas-food-banks-unemployment-coronavirus/amp/
Rehashing the earlier topic on Hurricane Harvey, do remember that Abbott waited 7 months to reinstate the suspended environmental regulations. While I was taking in-person classes in Denton, which is downwind, the poor air quality made the landscape foggy. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Blame-Texas-bad-air-on-Abbott-and-the-TCEQ-14474284.php
And of course, do remember how Texas went from 0 to 1 million COVID-19 cases and 20,000 deaths within just 8 months. https://amp.elpasotimes.com/amp/6354302002
At one point, Texas even overtook California as the state with the most total COVID-19 cases, in spite of CA having 10 million more residents and over twice the population density. https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/11/01/texas-overtakes-california-as-state-with-the-most-coronavirus-infections-with-more-than-950000-total-cases/
