Texas Governor Greg Abbott got some comics fans riled up on Twitter today. On the social media platform, the politician used Grok to render a picture of himself as one of the Marvel X-Men characters. From there, things got weird.
His costume is a mix of Professor Charles Xavier, Wolverine, and Cyclops. With different eras of those X-Men heroes mashed together, Abbott proudly asked for some input on this image he put out into the world. The results were less than kind, as multiple people quickly wondered how this monstrosity made it up without any oversight.
“I’ve finally decided on my Halloween costume,” Abbott said on X. “Everyone, stay safe, trick or treating.” Some supporters, who we cannot confirm actually like or care about the X-Men at all, were pleased. But, many more were confused by the mash-up as Texas’s House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu noted that the image made no sense.
For starters, Professor X is usually in that wheelchair with his suit on. The X-Men leader is not usually in battles on the frontlines. The AI image is made even more uncanny by the fact that Xavier is sporting shoulder pads like Wolverine’s Astonishing X-Men suit. (Or more recently, Marvel Studios’ take on Logan in Deadpool and Wolverine.) So, the comics fans on the platform and beyond had to sift through all of this.
Greg Abbott’s cruel actions before X-Men costume
There have been many people to liken the Texas politician to the Sentinel Program architects from Marvel Comics. But, a few years ago, Abbott vetoed a bipartisan anti-animal cruelty bill that would make the likes of Bolivar Trask blush. The governor has worked against various minority groups in the past and is no stranger to dehumanizing language. Check out what he had to say about that whole dog episode down below. Charles Xavier would never co-sign anything like this.
Abbott’s statement began, “Texans love their dogs, so it is no surprise that our statutes already protect them by outlawing true animal cruelty.”
“Yet Senate Bill 474 would compel every dog owner, on pain of criminal penalties, to monitor things like the tailoring of the dog’s collar, the time the dog spends in the bed of a truck, and the ratio of tether-to-dog length, as measured from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail,” his statement read. “Texas is no place for this kind of micro-managing and over-criminalization.”
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