Abbott Has 2 Word Response After O’Rourke Announces 2022 Bid for Texas Governor
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued a response to former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) announcement that he is running for the state’s governor in 2022. Abbott listed in a tweet the things he claims O’Rourke wants to do…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued a response to former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) announcement that he is running for the state’s governor in 2022.
Abbott listed in a tweet the things he claims O’Rourke wants to do.
“Defund the police, kill good paying oil and gas jobs, allow chaotic open border policies, support the failing Biden agenda, impose socialism, take your guns,” Abbott wrote.
He added, “Bring it.”
O’Rourke made the announcement on Twitter along with a video message, as IJR reported.
“I’m running for governor. Together, we can push past the small and divisive Politics that we see in Texas today — and get back to the big, bold vision that used to define Texas. A Texas big enough for all of us,” he wrote.
According to O’Rourke, Texas officials are spending their time on “the kind of extremist policies around abortion or permitless carry or even in our schools that really only divide us and keep us apart and stop us from working together on the truly big things that we want to achieve for one another.”
He continued, “It’s a really small vision for such a big state, but it doesn’t have to be that way.”
In September, one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country went into effect in Texas, banning abortions after six weeks, as IJR previously reported.