TEXAS VIEW: With pardon of murderer, Abbott shows all lives don’t matter to him

TEXAS VIEW: With pardon of murderer, Abbott shows all lives don’t matter to him

After Gov. Greg Abbott sought to pardon Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murdering a Black Lives Matter protester, the most generous speculation framed his request as a cynical ploy to court extreme right-wingers. Now that Abbott has done the unpardonable by pardoning Perry, we know this is more sinister than political calculation. Abbott was moved to show compassion for Perry, who has made any number of racist and hate-filled comments, but no…