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Greg Abbott: “We increased the number of Texas Department of Public Safety…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Governor Greg Abbott on the Terror Attack in Austin – Mornings with Maria

Published | Video Starts at 00:45

And you oftentimes see when there's a war breaking out like this where the United States may be going against a country like Iran that you could have either sleeper cells or lone wolves acting. And that's exactly why We increased the number of Texas Department of Public Safety officers to be patrolling the streets and patrolling sensitive areas. And why deployed the Texas National Guard to do the same thing so that we could be as prepared as possible for things like this happening. (00:45–00:54)

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Asserts that Texas increased patrols by the Department of Public Safety officers.

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