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Greg Abbott: “These socialists, such as judges, they don't believe the…”

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Gov. Greg Abbott Holds Get Out The Vote Event In Atkins, Texas Ahead Of Next Week's Primaries

Published | Video Starts at 06:55

One thing that we had to course correct on this last session was to stop the socialist practice of these people who were elected to be judges in Bexar county as well as in Harris County, Travis county and Dallas County. Because These socialists, such as judges, they don't believe the criminals should be kept by bars. Instead, what they decide to do, even for murderers, is when they arrest them for murder, let that back on the street. (06:55–07:03)

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Asserts that certain judges in Texas, labeled as socialists, do not support incarcerating criminals.

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