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Welcome back, Texas. That's what it feels like right now. That's how I feel about this.

As I hear and see the announcement out there that the great state of Texas, Governor Abbott,

finally saying enough is enough, we're going to get rid of the statewide mask mandate

and lockdown orders next week. Yes. Welcome to freedom. This is Texas telling lockdowners

to go fouchy yourself. And it's about time. I'm pleased to see it. No more statewide

mask mandate. Businesses 100% open. Going to be much closer to normal life as of next

week. It seems that Governor Abbott has seen the light. Perhaps he also saw some decline

in his polling among Republicans in his state after the deep freeze and the terrible conditions

when the power went out. But I think he also has been seeing for a while the leadership

that Florida has displayed on this issue. And perhaps got a little jealous or just realized

hold on a second. Florida's leading the way. Look, I don't care how somebody gets on

the team freedom here. I don't care why they're deciding to abandon the lockdown or mentality.

I just want them to do it. I just want our leadership to stop. There's nothing's, there's

nothing radical about the move that Texas is making here. Cases have been plummeting for

weeks. The seven day rolling average is at about 76 hundred. Okay. That's the lowest

that has been since October cases are plummeting. But of course, as soon as the announcement

comes out, the lunatic lockdown governors like Avenue, some react in the fashion. We all

know they will absolutely reckless. The anxious fraud. Newsom tweeted out in response to the

Texas news. It is simply astonishing that after the winter America went through with record

set for hospitalizations and deaths across the country, despite months of masking and lockdowns,

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