{"id":1820871,"date":"2023-01-23T16:49:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T21:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1820871"},"modified":"2023-01-23T16:51:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T21:51:37","slug":"texas-gov-greg-abbott-goes-viral-with-brutal-dallas-cowboys-playoffs-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gov-greg-abbott-goes-viral-with-brutal-dallas-cowboys-playoffs-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Goes Viral With Brutal Dallas Cowboys Playoffs Tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-gov-greg-abbott-goes-viral-with-brutal-dallas-cowboys-playoffs-tweet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1820871&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott&#8217;s tweet about a brutal remark he made to the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday&#8217;s Dallas Cowboys playoff was viral.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott, who is paralyzed to the waist and uses a wheelchair, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1617318243043086337?s=20&#038;t=ghStC9WkGe9ERJNzNpOq_g\">took to Twitter<\/a> After Cowboys kicker Brett Maher failed convert an extra point, it was stopped by Samson Ebukam (49ers defensive lineman). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/01\/23\/texas-governor-greg-abbott-trolls-brett-maher-cowboys-49ers-nfl-playoffs\/\">TMZ<\/a> reported. San Francisco won the game and advanced to the NFC Championship.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brett Maher is currently 1\/6 in PATs after missing this season<\/p>\n<p>If this kick wasn\u2019t blocked, it still wouldn\u2019t have been good. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dd9Wl7zIST\">pic.twitter.com\/Dd9Wl7zIST<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JPA (@jasrifootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasrifootball\/status\/1617317872459456516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI swear, I can kick as good as the Dallas Cowboys kicker,\u201d Abbott sent a tweet to more than 1 million of his followers.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I swear, I can kick like the Dallas Cowboys kicker.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1617318243043086337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Abbott wasn\u2019t the only person who criticized the Cowboys\u2019 kicker. Many accounts posted memes and videos mocking Maher on social media.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jerry Jones to Brett Maher in the Cowboys locker room at halftime\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bcSYi5ER75\">pic.twitter.com\/bcSYi5ER75<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_Memes\/status\/1617327573372919810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brett Maher is trying to kick PATs <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s896wcFTR7\">pic.twitter.com\/s896wcFTR7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udd30\ud835\udd2d\ud835\udd26\ud835\udd21\ud835\udd1e (@spidaIand) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spidaIand\/status\/1617318172994195456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brett Maher standing up to kick an extra goal <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7hhRNWrVAQ\">pic.twitter.com\/7hhRNWrVAQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BetMGM \ud83e\udd81 (@BetMGM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetMGM\/status\/1617318276484431872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brett Maher standing up to kick an extra goal <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Z6B8JIVt3\">pic.twitter.com\/3Z6B8JIVt3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1617318102106247168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maher has had a difficult time in the playoffs this year, failing five more point attempts in the last two games, four against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and four on January 16.<\/p>\n<p>He has the second-most failed extra point attempts in NFL playoffs history.<\/p>\n<p>But, Cowboys kicker, Matt Jones, did nail two field goals on Sunday. He made a 25-yarder during the third quarter and a 42-yarder during the fourth. He has attempted 12 consecutive field goals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/san-francisco-49ers-dallas-cowboys-nfl-sports-football-eb7e3a98a43c901478292c0f8875eef0\">According<\/a> According to The Associated Press there was a short altercation prior to the game in which some 49ers players tried to interrupt Maher as he was warming up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/can-you-cut-a-guy-at-halftime-peyton-manning-reacts-to-cowboys-kicker-missing-third-straight-extra-point\">\u2018Can You Cut A Guy At Halftime?\u2019: Peyton Manning Reacts To Cowboys Kicker Missing Third Straight Extra\u00a0Point<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott went viral when he tweeted a brutal jab during the Dallas Cowboys playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Abbott, who is paralyzed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair, took to Twitter after Cowboys kicker Brett Maher failed to convert an extra point when it was &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1820874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[3697,8260,7604,6262,8338,4001,12422,3694,5293,6143],"class_list":["post-1820871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-abbott","tag-brutal","tag-cowboys","tag-dallas","tag-gov","tag-greg","tag-playoffs","tag-texas","tag-tweet","tag-viral"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1820871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1820874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1820871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1820871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1820871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}