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Greg Abbott: “We passed a law to make sure that if you are arrested for…”

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott Holds 'Get-Out-The-Vote' Event In La Grange As State's Primary Nears

Published February 19, 2026 | Video Starts at 18:10

That's outrageous. And I worked with Stan, I worked with Lois, I worked with Kelly Hancock, and We passed a law to make sure that if you are arrested for murder, police, by God, you're going to stay behind bars and not be let back out onto the street. And go back in time. It was just a couple of years ago when you saw an uprising in Texas, like you saw in Minneapolis, like you saw in New York and California and Portland, Oregon. (18:10–18:20)

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Asserts that a law was passed in Texas to keep those arrested for murder in jail.

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