‘Mothers Against Greg Abbott’ video criticizing Texas governor goes viral

A video criticizing Gov. Greg Abbott has gone viral and the views keep pouring in. The political action committee Mothers Against Greg Abbott posted the call for action against the governor on its website and pushed it on social media last week. Called “Nothing Changes,” the video spread rapidly online and has garnered 3 million views the group’s Twitter page alone.

The group formed last year, beginning as a one-woman protest over Abbott’s opposition to face masking mandates but acquiring thousands of members concerned about multiple issues. The advocacy ranges from the rights of transgender children to gun control to how Black history is taught in schools — all of which appeared in the recent video. The ad opens with a woman pushing her child on a swing. “They say nothing changes in Texas politics,” she said. “Until it does.” Various women in different settings — a teacher in a classroom, a mother in a kitchen — then highlight specific issues that have affected families during Abbott’s tenure. It’s not about culture wars or Democrats versus Republicans, the PAC argues, but the group is supporting Abbott’s Democratic challenger, Beto O’Rourke, in the November election and urges people to vote.