Directly quoting people is not character attacking them:

Here's a screenshot of what Tim Boyd (the mayor I quoted) said, in his own words: https://twitter.com/Holiday1326/status/1361808806515253248

and here's Rick Perry in his own words: https://www.republicanleader.gov/whats-up-in-texas/

I'm not in any way mischaracterizing what these people say and therefore it is not a character attack.

You may disagree with my conclusions, and you might even be justified saying my conclusions don't belong on this site, but you can't just imply I'm lying or simply trying to make people look bad.