Twitter users assailed the governor for not noticing certain details of the fake piece, including that Hambriston, Texas is not a real place.
Despite this warning, the website has fooled social media users into sharing and replying to the fake stories as if they were credible, factual news articles.
Abbott isn't the only prominent figure to be duped by the satirical site. Recently, a post falsely claiming that investors had pulled out of Brooks' new bar went viral on Twitter, with singer John Rich being one of several people who were assailed on TwitterIn the now-deleted Twitter post, the Texas governor captioned the tweet, in part, with the popular GOP refrain:"Go woke. Go broke.
The above photo captured by Newsweek shows Governor Greg Abbott's now-deleted tweet on the fake Garth Brooks story.Despite the tweet being removed quickly, Twitter users managed to snag screenshots and mocked the governor online for not noticing certain key details of the fake piece. "@GregAbbott_TX just accidentally posted a satire article because he wants to hate on queer Texans and Garth Brooks so bad," Texas state Representative Greg Casar, a Democrat, tweeted."The Texas Country Jamboree doesn't exist. Hambriston, Texas is not real. And the Governor is not fit to tweet, much less govern. Happy pride!"just accidentally posted a satire article because he wants to hate on queer Texans and Garth Brooks so bad.
The Texas Country Jamboree doesn’t exist. Hambriston, Texas is not real. And the Governor is not fit to tweet, much less govern.
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