The joke here is that tree limb fell on him, leading to his being paralyzed. He apparently has been receiving a nice annuity from an insurance settlement as a result. Then he turns around and decries the “handouts” others are given.

So I guess he's okay with incest then?

A tree, sure. But I want it to fall on him when he’s alone on a pier over a deep lake with a cinderblock in his lap.

men in power are always the rapists (figuratively and/or literally), he’s talking about the brown rapists that rove the streets in rape gangs raping christian white women.

Judging by the fact that they just seem to push rape kits aside, yeah this sounds accurate.

Arrest all the men in Texas?  Sure!  Start with the republicans.  They’re the biggest criminals.

And what are they going to do about their colleagues who are rapists?  I just don’t trust some white, male Qmer to clean up the streets.

I’m really disappointed in COVID wrt Trump and Abbott.

The real prank are the 20,000 untested rape kits sitting in evidence lockers here in Texas.

This isn’t a good look for Abbott, who will almost certainly now have to reckon with this moment and these soundbites for the remainder of his political career. Perhaps he should reconsider his cruelty to women.

Seems like the safest course really. Someone is electing these people.

As others have said, I hope another tree comes along to finish the job.  

Also, by implication, getting rapists off the streets *wasn’t* a priority before? Interesting!

Uhm.

That tipline would get flooded, and everyone in Texas would think it's another prank but it won't be.

there were about 14,500 reported rapes in Texas in 2019.

nationally, approximately 31% of rapes ever get reported to law enforcement and only 0.25% of all rapes result in the rapist going to prison.

good luck eliminating rapists with those statistics (I mean, the very idea that you can eliminate rapists is farcical,…

I think this is a louder statement than he meant it to be to his supporters.

“And Texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas by aggressively going out and arresting them”

I’m not saying someone should shoot this prick in the head, but it sure would be nice if he would just, you know, die.

It’s surprising that Republicans continue to offer damning soundbites on rape and abortion when they’re clearly clueless.