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Greg Abbott: “We had socialist judges in big cities across the state that…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott holds a campaign in El Paso

Published | Video Starts at 18:20

They have no ide. Yeah, you're exactly right. So here's the deal. Let me just give you one example of what we had to deal with just this last session. 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. (18:20–18:28)

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Asserts that socialist judges in Texas cities refused to keep dangerous criminals incarcerated.

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