., asked at Fort Worth presser about 's call for a special session: "That’s pretty goofy because everybody knows there’s only one person with the authority to call a special session, and that’s the governor." #txlege
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Abbott: “If anybody tries to force this, it’s not gonna be like ... in the past where we’ll have 40 items. ... The only thing I will be putting on there are things I want [passed]. ... We’re gonna go 1 item at a time. ... Not until they pass that item, we move on to another item"
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Abbott: "If anybody tries to hold hostage this...session to force a special...that person will be putting their members...potentially into a special...4 another 2 yrs until the next reg session bc I’m gonna make sure we get things passed, not just open up some debating society."
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Abbott makes clear he backs the three priorities whose failure in the House caused Patrick to call for a special session. "Before now, and now, and in the future, I strongly support them," Abbott says.
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Abbott downplays Big 3 tension. "If you look at the last few days of a session & what we’ve seen over decades, this is kind of how it happens always @ the end of the session. It’s like the last 2 min of a football game or a basketball game. It's where all the action takes place"
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Abbott: "What I do know is, if the leaders in the Legislature will stop fighting with each other and start working together, we can get all of this across the finish line."
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Wuh-oh. Trouble in paradise.
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Oh please just lock them in a room and let some grownups govern for a change.
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Sounds like a p*ssing contest.
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Greg Abbott calling Dan Patrick “goofy” is quite an understatement, but Gaslighting Greg isn’t one to talk.
#AbbottFailedTexas
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