Texans unimpressed with Bloomberg's attempt at Texas slang

BizPacReview:

Bless his heart. Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg was roasted on Twitter for his failed attempt at slinging Texas slang while pandering to voters in Houston.

At the time, Bloomberg unconvincingly bragged that President Trump is scared of running against him.

“Mini-Mike”– who looked so nervous that he’d worry the warts off a frog — made the claims while speaking to the Harris County Democratic Party.

Bloomberg awkwardly stammered as he read off the teleprompter: “Now if I were from Texas, I might say Donald Trump is scared as a cat at the dog pound. But since I’m from New York, I’ll put it this way: We’re scaring the living hell out of him! And we’re just starting.”
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Texas Monthly magazine polled its newsroom and concluded that “none of us could recall ever having heard this aphorism before.” In Bloomberg’s defense, the phrase was included in a past Texas Monthly article about “Texas sayings.”

Whether the adage is authentic or not, the incident spotlights the huge problem that Democrats Mike Bloomberg, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Pete Buttigieg are having with connecting to everyday Americans.

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas tweeted: “Um, nobody in Texas says that. Ever. Translation: ‘Somebody told me that lots of people in ‘fly-over country’ have animals. Let me try to say something folksy about animals so the yokels will think I can relate.”
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My cat gets along pretty well with my dog here in Texas.