You know the safest bet for a politician, don’t you, especially a governor like Texas’s Greg Abbott? When good things happen, you take the credit. When bad things happen, you find a way to divert the blame on to some other poor sap. If someone else finds a way to make things better, you still find a way to take credit. So far, Abbott has succeeded.
For example, hopefully by now, most, if not all, people in Hidalgo County know that wearing a face mask in any business is required by county decree. That new requirement went into effect last week.