Greg Abbott: “Whenever [Donald Trump] does show up, it leads to excitement among the base and he does a good job of getting…”

“Will he be there to speak? And do you think that his presence in the state's approval are pretty low right now is helping or hurting With Republicans in close races. Well, first, Whenever [Donald Trump] does show up, it leads to excitement among the base and he does a good job of getting the base organized and turning out. Because of the schedule that I run where I go to multiple cities a day doing events like this, I already have events like this scheduled that day and I will not be able to make it.” (12:14–12:23)

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