While dodging tough questions – such as why Abbott has moved rightward and why O’Rourke has run for so many offices lately – the candidates probed for the...
over border security, abortion and gun violence Friday in a debate televised statewide.
“He’s going to try to lie about my record, and he’s going to distract from his failures, whether it’s his failure to keep the lights on in the grid, his failure to address school shootings or his failure in immigration,” the Democrat said.Abbott took credit for progress in the areas O’Rourke cited, which the Democrat disputed.On guns and the May massacre in Uvalde, Abbott said mental health “is leading people to engage in school shootings, and Texas is already addressing that.
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