By DUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ
SAN MARCOS, Texas |...Well, we half-expected him to be diving, yes. No, no skydiving, but diving into Rio Grande waters to single-handedly stop that surge of migrants coming in from the south.
There was Republican Gov. Greg Abbott above the skies of Central Texas, however. Yeah, no wheelchair, baby. Falling from the high, clouded sky accompanied by a 106-year-old veteran.
Why not go solo, Abbie?
This from texastribune.org: [ Abbott on Monday visited the San Marcos area to go skydiving with Al Blaschke, a World War II veteran who has already broken records for his own aerial feats.
The dive was a success, according to video tweeted by former state Rep. Jon Cyrier, R-Lockhart. The video showed Abbott and Blaschke landing in separate tandem parachutes, attached to another person.
"Nice landing" for Abbott and Blaschke, tweeted Cyrier, who is a pilot himself.
Blaschke has made headlines for his previous skydives. He went skydiving for the first time on his 100th birthday in 2017, and when he did it again in 2020, he broke the world record for the oldest man to do a tandem parachute jump.
Abbott had promised to skydive with Blaschke when he first met him a year ago.
Abbott, 66, uses a wheelchair to get around after an oak tree fell on him while he was jogging in 1984. The accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. Monday’s dive took place at Skydive Spaceland San Marcos, which is about 15 miles outside San Marcos in Fentress. ]
Well, maybe it being Monday had a lot to do with it.
I hardly think that Abbott's political motivation was wanting to be seen as a Rambo-crazed, mobile dude. He's pretty much accepted his crippling physical handicap, according to those who know him well.
NEXT:...mud wrestling with Stormy Daniels at Billy Bob's Texas Honky Tonk in Fort Worth?...
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Nothing else to do, Governor?
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