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Greg Abbott: “A self identified communist is mayor of New York City.”

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Governor Abbott Delivers Address at Take Back Harris County Gala

Published February 18, 2026 | Video Starts at 12:21

The fact of the matter is socialists are trying to take over the state of Texas like they have in Minnesota, California, New York, New York. A self identified communist is mayor of New York City. But listen, we don't have to stray to other states. All you got to do is look on the other side of this county. Look at your county leadership. (12:21–12:26)

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“No state has added more new jobs than the state of Texas over the past 10 years.”
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“Texas created the largest day one school choice program in the history of America.”
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“Our takeover of Harris County.”
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“I won Harris county in 202022 when I ran for reelection as governor.”
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“In 2026, we will win Harris County, Texas.”
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“All the conservatives we need to win are already identified.”
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“If we do that, we will win Harris county in a landslide.”
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“In my campaign, we've already subdivided Harris county and have a team captain in every Texas House district in Harris county, of which…”
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“Lena Hidalgo, she's a socialist, maybe a communist, she's a disaster as a county judge.”
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“Everybody else on that Commissioner's court is a leftist, progressive socialist who's going to destroy this County.”
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“I signed a law that will defund any city that defunds their police.”
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“I signed that says that any foreign adversary. You cannot buy land in Texas. You cannot buy water in Texas, you cannot buy the power grid in…”
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“We passed a law saying that in our elections, only United States citizens can vote in our elections.”
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“Texas is the only state to put those big orange buoys into the river to deny illegal entry.”
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“Over the past year, Texas ranks number one for the most economic development projects.”
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“We've provided the largest funding increase ever for our public schools, more than $8 billion.”
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“We gave our teachers a $4 billion teacher pay raise.”
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“I signed to ban DEI in public schools across the state of Texas.”
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“I signed that bans boys in girls sports in our public schools in the state of Texas.”
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“I signed an official law that in Texas there are only two sexes, and that's male and female.”
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“We increased the homestead exemption on your property to $140,000.”
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“If you were a senior, it would be the first $200,000 value of your home would not be taxed by the school district.”
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“Over the past two years alone, your property taxes by Harris county alone have increased almost 14%.”
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“Appraisals by law right now can go up 10% a year, and they have gone up 10% a year.”
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“Your home should be appraised for taxation purposes only once every five years as opposed to every single year.”
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“This last thing alone would cut your property tax bill by more than half.”
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