A new Quinnipiac poll released this week shows Abbott with a lead of seven percentage points over O'Rourke. The Texas-Mexico border noted as the most urgent concern for Texas voters.
The first ten plus minutes of the debate was devoted to this topic. With billions of dollars already devoted to the Operation Lone Star border security initiative, one question that was posed to the leading candidates, should *more* money be allocated towards the program? "Candidly, we shouldn't have to allocate any money for it because this is all because of Joe Biden's failure to do the president's job to secure the border," Abbott said.
"No, it's clearly failed, the numbers are in. We're seeing not fewer but more engagements at our border," O'Rourke said. "As it concerns abortion Beto's position is the most extreme because he not only supports abortion of a fully developed child to the very last second of birth, he's even against providing medical care for a baby who survives an abortion," Abbott said.
"That's not true and it's completely a lie, I never said that and no one thinks that in the state of Texas," O'Rourke said."This election is about reproductive freedom if you care about this you need to turn out and vote. I will fight to make sure that every woman in Texas can make her own decisions about her own body."
The coward gregabbott_tx did not show up for the question-and-answer session after the debate. Why are you not mentioning that?
Beto playing chess. Abbott eating boogers
Beto go ……I’m not voting for you
I hope Greg mentioned his great work. Texas is 1 in school shootings 1 in repeat teen pregnancy 1 in uninsured residents 1 in rural hospital closings 40 in environmental quality 41 in school funding 48 in best states for workers 50 in mental health access
Beto does flip flop on everything he’s stood by so passionately in the past so take that as you will..
[On abortion access] “We’ll give them baby supplies.” – GregAbbott_TX