Garcia: Abbott trusts Texans to self-govern, except when he doesn't FacebookTwitterEmail San Jose Hotel engineering manager Rocky Ontiveros, 60, wears a Texas mask on March 3, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott announced a new executive order that will end the statewide mask mandate and allow businesses to reopen at 100% capacity on March 10, 2021. (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images/TNS)Montinique Monroe, Stringer / TNS There’s an argument to be made on behalf of Greg Abbott’s decision to eliminate the state’s mask mandate and social-distancing restrictions. I’m not talking about the “COVID-19 is a hoax dreamed up in the offices of the Democratic National Committee to destroy the nation’s economy and bring down the presidency of Donald Trump” argument. That one seems a little lacking in solid evidence.