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Greg Abbott: “A governor and a mayor [in Minnesota] violated the law. It…”

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott urges AG Ken Paxton to launch probe into CAIR operations

Published | Video Starts at 01:07

He faced a problem in Minnesota, and that is a governor and a mayor stoking agitation by their own constituents. A governor and a mayor [in Minnesota] violated the law. It is illegal to interfere with law enforcement performing a law enforcement duty. And so the president and the White House and ICE were all dealing with and truly unprecedented action where citizens and elected officials were violating the law of the United States by interfering with law enforcement. (01:07–01:23)

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Asserts that the governor and mayor in Minnesota violated the law by interfering with law enforcement.

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