Texas Gov. Greg Abbott took his Twitter feed to some low locations over the weekend when he was duped by a satire web site into sharing literal faux information about nation music icon Garth Brooks.
Abbott linked to a narrative about Brooks from a satire web site known as The Dunning-Kruger Instances. If the identify alone isn’t sufficient of a giveaway, the positioning states outright that it’s a part of “a community of parody, satire, and tomfoolery,” and provides: “Should you imagine that it's actual, you need to have your head examined.”
The story Abbott shared says Brooks was booed off the stage on the 123rd Annual Texas Nation Jamboree in Hambriston, Texas.
However the jamboree isn’t an actual occasion, and Hambriston isn’t an actual place ― particulars that apparently raised no pink flags with the governor as he tweeted the story.
“Go woke. Go broke,” Abbott tweeted. “Good job, Texas.”
Texas, for the file, loves Brooks as a lot as anyplace. He offered out the 72,000-seat NRG Stadium in Houston and the 80,000-seat AT&T Stadium in Arlington when his tour visited the Lone Star State final yr.
Abbott deleted his tweet, however provided no apology to his constituents or Brooks for sharing the faux report. And whereas the tweet itself is gone, it was preserved on-line by numerous individuals, together with Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas):
Journalist Christopher Hooks additionally shared a screenshot of the tweet, and adopted up with an excerpt from the story the governor fell for:
The Twitter account for the story’s “creator,” Flagg Eagleton, is having some enjoyable at Abbott’s expense, noting that he’s the highest-level official to fall for considered one of his tales up to now and calling it a few of his “most interesting work.”
He additionally tweeted in response to a Every day Beast report:
Brooks has not been overtly political in his music profession, however did supply some phrases of knowledge in a 2020 interview with the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
“My message without end is tolerance,” he informed the newspaper. “And don’t vote celebration, vote particular person.”
He was somewhat extra specific earlier this month when discussing his new bar in Nashville. Whereas conservatives are boycotting Bud Gentle for its partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, Brooks mentioned he would serve “each model” of beer.
“I need it to be a spot you are feeling protected in, I need it to be a spot the place you are feeling like there are manners and folks like each other,” Brooks informed Billboard. “Our factor is that this: Should you [are let] into this home, love each other. Should you’re an a―gap, there are many different locations on decrease Broadway.”
In a livestream on his Fb web page, he added that he embraced range and inclusiveness.
“That’s me,” he mentioned. “That’s all the time been me.”
Twitter customers tore into Abbott for sharing the false report about Brooks:
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