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Greg Abbott: “We passed a constitutional amendment to amend the bail law…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Gov. Greg Abbott Holds Press Briefing With Texas Law Enforcement Officials

Published | Video Starts at 16:56

That's the first question. Hope you can ask me that question. Well, so if ever there is an expansion of government, it needs to be the expansion of … We passed a constitutional amendment to amend the bail law to make sure that those judges would be required to keep them behind bars. … concerns. Listen, this is. We want to put a professional in this position that has no political agenda whatsoever. They have a singular agenda and that's to protect communities and prosecute criminals. (16:56–17:04)

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Asserts that a constitutional amendment was passed to change bail laws to keep dangerous criminals behind bars.

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