In a sharp right turn, Gov. Abbott transforms into culture warrior as he seeks his third term
While it may have been smart primary politics, it has created damage for Abbott among moderates and independents who see him differentlyIn 2018, Quinnipiac University polling showed Abbott with a whopping 62 percent favorability rating among all voters and 56 percent of independents. Recent Quinnipiac polling shows that has plunged to a 50-percent approval rating with all voters, 48 percent with independents.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, holds his daughter, Audrey, 5, in his lap as he signs official documents after being sworn in Monday, Dec. 2, 2002, in Austin, Texas. The GOP won 19 of the 25 district judge races with President George H.W. Bush at the top of the ticket seeking re-election. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott arrives to speak near a granite slab bearing the Ten Commandments on the Capitol grounds Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, in Austin, Texas.Still, during his first run for governor in 2014 as Abbott touted his tenure in the AGs office, there were few hints in his statewide debate against Democrat Wendy Davis that he’d be the governor he has been these last two years.
Just a few years earlier, during a debate in 2014, he seemed to support the abortion standards codified in Roe vs. Wade, allowing the procedure in the first five months of pregnancy. But last year, Abbott led the charge to restrict how teachers talk about race in classrooms and called for ridding public schools of so-called"critical race theory" — a legal term that
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