Greg Abbott: “It doesn't matter if they're a red state or a blue state…”

“Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. You can see one thing that's quite obvious, and that is It doesn't matter if they're a red state or a blue state. They are fellow Americans. And when times get tough, Americans come together. That is even more true as it concerns Texas. This has been an extraordinarily challenging time, if not the most extraordinarily challenging time that Texans have faced.” (08:23–08:28)

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