Greg Abbott: “Lena Hidalgo, she's a socialist, maybe a communist, she's a…”

“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. Lena Hidalgo, she's a socialist, maybe a communist, she's a disaster as a county judge. I can tell you that much. But look at Commissioner's court, the overwhelming majority of them. In fact, there's only one, I think, on Commissioner's court who's a right thinking person.” (12:33–12:42)

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