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Greg Abbott: “That's exactly why I designated [CAIR] as a foreign…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott urges AG Ken Paxton to launch probe into CAIR operations

Published | Video Starts at 03:37

It's outrageous that we have organizations tied to terrorism that are involved in programs in our state. And That's exactly why I designated [CAIR] as a foreign terrorist organization, to make sure that we will be able to purge their presence from the state of Texas. But did you, did you issue that letter? It seemed like you were unsatisfied with the pace of the attorney general's office. (03:37–03:46)

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Asserts that CAIR has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization by Greg Abbott to remove their presence from Texas.

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