{"id":352,"date":"2025-05-29T02:52:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T02:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rgsinpop.2025.cmoore.sites.carleton.edu\/?p=352"},"modified":"2025-05-29T02:52:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T02:52:28","slug":"governor-hot-wheels-ableism-and-anti-dei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rgsinpop.2025.cmoore.sites.carleton.edu\/?p=352","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGovernor Hot Wheels\u201d, Ableism, and Anti-DEI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Karina Morales-Pineda   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>       In this blog post, I am reacting to a viral moment and the reactions following congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, calling Governor Greg Abbott \u201cGovernor Hot Wheels,\u201d and the contradictions of Abott holding both anti-DEI and anti-LGBTQ policies. My thoughts are in conversation with the introduction to Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability by Robert McRuer. Representative Crockett received much backlash and controversy following her comment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dallas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett calls Gov. Abbott &#039;Hot Wheels&#039; | FOX 7 Austin\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tGeQIdHSMnA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, this viral moment highlighted how this comment caused more outrage among some voters than the contradictory policies of Governor Abbott.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"861\" src=\"https:\/\/rgsinpop.2025.cmoore.sites.carleton.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2025-05-28-at-7.15.12-PM-1024x861.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353\" style=\"width:450px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rgsinpop.2025.cmoore.sites.carleton.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2025-05-28-at-7.15.12-PM-1024x861.png 1024w, https:\/\/rgsinpop.2025.cmoore.sites.carleton.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2025-05-28-at-7.15.12-PM-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/rgsinpop.2025.cmoore.sites.carleton.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2025-05-28-at-7.15.12-PM-768x646.png 768w, https:\/\/rgsinpop.2025.cmoore.sites.carleton.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2025-05-28-at-7.15.12-PM.png 1189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"849\" src=\"https:\/\/rgsinpop.2025.cmoore.sites.carleton.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2025-05-28-at-5.54.05-PM-1024x849.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354\" style=\"width:483px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rgsinpop.2025.cmoore.sites.carleton.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2025-05-28-at-5.54.05-PM-1024x849.png 1024w, https:\/\/rgsinpop.2025.cmoore.sites.carleton.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2025-05-28-at-5.54.05-PM-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/rgsinpop.2025.cmoore.sites.carleton.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2025-05-28-at-5.54.05-PM-768x637.png 768w, https:\/\/rgsinpop.2025.cmoore.sites.carleton.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2025-05-28-at-5.54.05-PM.png 1188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tweets reacting to Greg Abbott, a disabled governor, dismantling DEI efforts, while accessibility and combating discrimination due to ableism is part of DEI. Governor Abbott is allowing and facilitating discrimination against queer and trans bodies by dictating what is conforming and what is non-conforming. Compulsory able-bodiedness, also allows able-bodiedness to the standard\/default\/conforming and valued bodies in a capitalist society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Disabilities and death from COVID, and Greg Abbott\u2019s dismissal of mask and vaccine mandates, is another example of compulsory able-bodiedness. Curfews and adjustments to the pandemic economically impacted Texas, yet there was no hesitation to return to the demands of capitalism at the expense of fatalities and disabled bodies. McRuer connects the demands of capitalism and globalism to how disabled bodies are valued, taken advantage of, and created.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Karina Morales-Pineda In this blog post, I am reacting to a viral moment and the reactions following congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, calling Governor Greg Abbott \u201cGovernor Hot Wheels,\u201d and the contradictions of Abott holding both anti-DEI and anti-LGBTQ policies. 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