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Greg Abbott: “We knew that government enforcement of mandates like that…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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A Conversation With Governor Greg Abbott

Published | Video Starts at 09:22

It's just that simple. So from a policy perspective about saving life, we wanted to make sure that a child's life would be protected. Part of the strategy was one that We knew that government enforcement of mandates like that would be more likely to be overturned legally. And so we came up with a new enforcement mechanism, an enforcement mechanism, by the way, that's been around since the entirety of the United States of America. (09:22–09:29)

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