Greg Abbott: “More than 200 Texans were murdered by someone who had been…”

“We had socialist judges in big cities across the state that refused to keep dangerous criminals behind bars. Instead, they let murderers back out on the street with low or no bail. More than 200 Texans were murdered by someone who had been previously arrested for murder and let out of jail by these socialist judges. And I said, we're going to put an end to that. And I signed a law that keeps those dangerous murderers where they belong. And that is behind our bars.” (18:33–18:43)

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