Subject: Funny: Democratic judge apologizes for saying disabled Texas governor ‘hates trees because one fell on him’ Sat Sep 28, 2019 8:40 pm
A Democratic judge in Texas apologized for saying Republican Gov. Greg Abbott “hates trees because one fell on him.” Abbott, 61, was paralyzed when he was 26 years old after an oak tree fell on him while he was jogging in Houston in July 1984. The incident paralyzed him from the waist down, and he has since used a wheelchair. The crowd reportedly laughed at Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt’s comment made Friday at the Texas Tribune Festival. The remark was made in the context of the Texas Legislature overriding local ordinances like Austin’s tree ordinance.