@alfredo_liberal The reason it is a political gain is because the people who voted for Abbott did it because they like that sort of behavior.
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@chemoelectric @alfredo_liberal@universeodon.com Exactly. This is the simple driving force behind the whole modern Republican movement. And it didn't start with Trump. I saw it here in West Virginia long before 2016.
Cruelty to others is the point.
@shuttersparks @alfredo_liberal Trump remade himself as a Republican, not the other way around.