Abbott initially was dead set against shutdowns of businesses and schools and said so back around the end of February.
A Dallas judge ordered Dallas County to shut down all non essential businesses and pressed Abbot on a statewide shutdown in early March.
Abbott declined to countermand the Dallas County order and implemented the same shutdown order state wide in March via Emergency Power EO, but stipulated that no county had authority to enforce the state shutdown order separately, or something like that.
Then in May Abbott started ordering a phased re-opening and the Harris county judge started handing down orders that in Houston businesses couldn't reopen and that you would be fined by the county for not wearing masks in public.
Abbott then made an EO saying the counties had no authority to enforce a mask mandate and ordered more businesses could open.
In response, Travis, Dallas, Harris and Bexar county judges passed identical simultaneous orders that businesses that didn't enforce masks could be shut down by the county, which took the "enforcement of individuals" out of the equation.
Abbott then bent over his wheelchair, took off his diaper and spread his cheeks for the metro judges and passed a statewide mask mandate.
As I recall the history went something like this:
Abbott initially was dead set against shutdowns of businesses and schools and said so back around the end of February.
A Dallas judge ordered Dallas County to shut down all non essential businesses and pressed Abbot on a statewide shutdown in early March.
Abbott declined to countermand the Dallas County order and implemented the same shutdown order state wide in March via Emergency Power EO, but stipulated that no county had authority to enforce the state shutdown order separately, or something like that.
Then in May Abbott started ordering a phased re-opening and the Harris county judge started handing down orders that in Houston businesses couldn't reopen and that you would be fined by the county for not wearing masks in public.
Abbott then made an EO saying the counties had no authority to enforce a mask mandate and ordered more businesses could open.
In response, Travis, Dallas, Harris and Bexar county judges passed identical simultaneous orders that businesses that didn't enforce masks could be shut down by the county, which took the "enforcement of individuals" out of the equation.
Abbott then bent over his wheelchair, took off his diaper and spread his cheeks for the metro judges and passed a statewide mask mandate.
Here we are.