Meyers on Gov. Abbott: The Surefire Way to Make Clear Your the Villain Is to Threaten to Arrest Your Opponents

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MEYERS: “A surefire way to make clear you’re the villain, in any situation, is to threaten to arrest your opponents. Especially in the South. You sound like Boss Hog threatening to round up those Duke boys. “Oh, I’m gonna get them Duke boys. And when I do, we’re going to cabin them inside the Capitol.” But somehow, another Texas politician managed to outdo Abbott in terms of pure shamelessness. And I’m sure, by now, you probably — you guys — you guessed who it was — ”