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Beto O'Rourke: “One thing is that the person we are running against, Greg Abbott owns everything that has happened in the state of…”

On the recordApril 12, 2022
One thing is that the person we are running against, Greg Abbott owns everything that has happened in the state of Texas. The power grid failure, it was his fault, that killed hundreds of our fellow Texans, and raised every single person`s utility bill in the state. We call that the Abbott tax.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas
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msnbc.com

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O`Rourke holds Abbott accountable for the state's issues, including the power grid failure.

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