Convenience Big Store: Round 2 of Greg Abbott vs NYC Mayor Adams

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Greg Abbott vs Eric Adams

Here we go again.

Nine months after New York City Mayor Eric Adams threatened to help campaign against Gov. Greg Abbott, he's at it again.

This time the Democrat is suggesting Abbott is busing migrants from the Texas border to cities run by Black mayors intentionally to make those mayors look bad.

After being all over the NYC tabloids, Adams took it to CNN where he said he was not calling Abbott a racist but was just pointing out facts. Abbott is also sending migrants to Philadelphia, which has a white mayor.

On Fox News, Abbott didn't respond to the race allegations but said he's not the one picking the cities, so much as the migrants.

"They are the chosen cities by the migrants themselves," Abbott said.

If Adams was hoping to get Abbott to stop, his answer came in the form of another busload sent to New York City earlier this week.

Jeremy Wallace
Texas politics reporter
jeremy.wallace@houstonchronicle.com

Who's up, who's down

Up: Texas House Democrats.

Although outnumbered in the Texas House, they were able to once again delay a bill that would prohibit transgender minors from accessing transition care. Taylor Goldenstein reports that Democrats forced Republicans to send the bill back to committee on Friday, using a procedural tactic.

Down: New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Didn't we just go through this? I'm sure the Democrat is scoring some political points in NYC, but every time he takes a shot at Abbott, it just gets the governor on national media outlets more talking about President Joe Biden's border policies. In fact this weekend, Abbott will turn it all into an appearance on Fox News Sunday.

What do you think? Hit reply and let me know.

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Pick of the day

For the last time, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican independence day! If someone raises their margarita to toast that, be sure to let them know Cinco de Mayo is the day General Ignacio Zaragoza, born in Goliad (where they have a statue in his honor) defeated French forces on May 5, 1862.

What else I'm reading

Why the Texas Legislature is seeking to boost mental health funding is easy to understand if you read this piece from Forbes Advisor. They analyzed every state and found Texas had by far the worst mental health system in the nation. The lack of health insurance coverage and the few available mental health treatment centers are big reasons.