Texas hates workers

Texas passed a law that will eliminate mandatory water breaks for construction workers in cities where the local government had enacted such ordinances to protect people from extreme heat.

Texas also happens to be the place where 13 people recently died from the heat (one week after the bill was signed), and more than 300 died during heatwaves last year.

The bill passed the Texas state legislature, and Governor Greg Abbott signed it into law on June 14.

Governor Abbott, for reference, is also the guy who sent migrants, including children, to Washington DC and left them on the street outside the Vice President’s residence in below-freezing temperatures on Christmas Eve without coordinating with any federal or local authorities or providing them with clothing appropriate for the temperature.

So a high-quality human being.

The bill, which goes into effect in September, strips construction workers in Austin and Dallas of the right to five-minute water breaks every four hours and time to rest in the shade while on the job.

Mandated five-minute breaks every four hours in the Texas heat was too much for the Republican legislators and Greg Abbot to accept.

Just to be clear:

The cities of Austin and Dallas instituted these mandatory water breaks to protect their citizens, then big government Republicans who don’t believe in the power and authority of local government stripped these cities and all future Texas cities of enacting such protective laws.

Abbot is a Catholic who often discusses how his spirituality guides his leadership.

Obviously, he is also a hypocrite.

I think it’s entirely plausible that Jesus might punch him in the face if he were around today.