After Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Twitter on April 13 that he had reached an agreement with the governor of the Mexican State of Nuevo Leon on border security, Dallas City Plan Commissioner Melissa Kingston tweeted her own opinion on the matter in a vulgarity-laced rant.
According to Advocate Lakewood, “Melissa Kingston […] keeps a lower profile. She says she avoids Twitter because she sees it as ‘an insider channel.'” It appears her stance has changed since 2018 when the article was printed.
Kingston’s tweet directed to Gov. Abbott read, “You are [such] a [expletive] [expletive]. Do you really think Becky and Karen are gonna think this is cool when they can’t have guac and margaritas?” Her expletives included the F-word and an unflattering four-letter slang term referencing female anatomy.
Kingston serves as Commissioner of District 14 on the Dallas City Plan Commission. Some felt that her use of profanity as a representative of the City of Dallas was inappropriate.
Former Dallas City Council candidate Israel R. Varela (@israelrvarela on Twitter) “quote tweeted” the post, calling it a racial epithet and tagging Abbott, the City of Dallas, and City of Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson.
https://twitter.com/israelrvarela/status/1514660375177965577?s=20&t=3vEqnBy5FRwSZ5x2JysGSA
In a further tweet, Varela called for an investigation and Kingston’s expulsion from the District 14 City Planning Commission for “conduct unbecoming of a city representative.”
https://twitter.com/israelrvarela/status/1514660377661001730?s=20&t=3vEqnBy5FRwSZ5x2JysGSA
He wrote in conclusion, “If Dallas wants to be a world-class city, then we must have leaders, and representatives who conduct themselves with world-class behavior.”
https://twitter.com/israelrvarela/status/1514660378524925953?s=20&t=3vEqnBy5FRwSZ5x2JysGSA
Kingston has since deleted her tweet, but many Twitter replies to Abbott remain that contain hateful comments toward the governor. She has called him a “moron,” an “evil embarrassment,” and even a “jacka**.”
https://twitter.com/KingstonKitten1/status/1514457627165704195
https://twitter.com/KingstonKitten1/status/1478757663630671877
https://twitter.com/KingstonKitten1/status/1465366622277877776
City leaders have so far been silent on the subject.
The Dallas Express reached out to Mayor Johnson, Councilmember Paul Ridley (who appointed the commissioner to her position), and the City of Dallas for comment on Kingston’s tweet, but no one responded to the requests for comments.
It is unclear if they will denounce her behavior or if there will be an investigation into the matter.
Additionally, Kingston did not respond to a request for comment.