The print edition of the morning paper had this headline over an article: "Texas governor jokes about shooting reporters after signing gun bill."
It's an article from Texas Tribune. And the headline is the same at the Texas Tribune site. But Abbott didn't joke about shooting reporters.
Reporters are hypersensitive these days after Montana´s U.S. Representative elect, Greg Gianforte, jostled a pesky reporter. So maybe they are looking for any way to make themselves victims of Republicans. Thus the trolling.
Abbott's joke was that he should carry around the target, not shoot anyone. Here's the quote from the article:
Following the bill signing, Abbott tested out a few guns at an upstairs shooting range.
"I'm gonna carry this around in case I see any reporters," Abbott joked while holding his bullet-riddled target sheet.
Huge difference. Texas Tribune knew that. But they ran the misleading headline anyway. Poor guys must be desperate for business now that they are no longer partnered with the New York Times.
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