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Jasmine Crockett: “He [Greg Abbott] spent millions of dollars to go after these…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Published | Video Starts at 20:37

And so when it didn't pass, he then spent money because in the state of Texas we have no campaign finance limits. And so He [Greg Abbott] spent millions of dollars to go after these folk to basically get enough people into submission to be able to pass this voucher scam. So now hard earned Texas taxpayer dollars will be taken out of our public schools that have already been underfunded and under resourced. (20:37–32:37)

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Asserts that Greg Abbott spent millions to influence the passage of the school voucher program.

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