Greg Abbott’s plans to reopen Texas and do away with the statewide mask mandate. It still matters.”On Tuesday, Abbott announced the state will reopen to 100% capacity on March 10. “What President Biden is doing in Texas today is recklessly endangering the lives of Texans, as we are trying to provide them with vaccines,” Abbott told KPRC 2 in an exclusive interview. Other local leaders including Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo were also critical of the Governor’s decision to re-open the state and get rid of the mask mandate. “So we have to keep at it.”AdAbbott, however, also noted that the state is setting an all-time record of vaccines administered in Texas on Wednesday.