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Greg Abbott: “One of the founders of the Texas version of CAIR is in…”

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State of Texas: Governor Abbott talks redistricting, border security at campaign tailgate

Published | Video Starts at 02:44

I asked him about his main concerns. So there were two that we identified, two of which have historical connections to terror. For easy example, One of the founders of the Texas version of CAIR is in prison right now for 65 years for financing terrorism. after October 7th. The executive director of CAIR was praising what Hamas did. And what Hamas did, among other things, was to kill American citizens. That is terror. (02:44–02:56)

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Asserts that a founder of Texas CAIR is imprisoned for financing terrorism.

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