TexasPolitics

A cartoon image flashes across a phone screen: a distressed armadillo wearing a “Don’t Mess With Texas” t-shirt, staring wide-eyed at a legislative gavel. The caption reads, “Me trying to understand the latest Texas abortion bill.” This encapsulates the strange, sometimes absurd, and often surprisingly effective world of Texas bill political memes. In an era…

Introduction Remember the Texas power grid failure of early 2021? It wasn’t just Texans shivering in the dark; it was also the birth of a thousand memes. From sardonic comparisons to third-world countries to jokes about Governor Abbott’s response, the internet exploded with reactions – often humorous, sometimes biting, always pointed. These weren’t just fleeting…