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Greg Abbott: “I filed a lawsuit in the Texas Supreme Court to remove these…”

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Governor Abbott Talks Democrat Desperation On The Joe Pags Show

Published | Video Starts at 07:42

This was never meant to allow people to leave and shirt their duties. Was. Was not. And you're spot on. So you may have noticed yesterday I filed a lawsuit in the Texas Supreme Court to remove these members. And the basis of that is the purpose of breaking a quorum or not showing up could be something like you have to be in surgery, you're ill, or something like that. (07:42–07:46)

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Asserts that he filed a lawsuit in the Texas Supreme Court to remove certain members of the Texas House.

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