Beto O’Rourke calls Texas governor Greg Abbott an ‘authoritarian’ and ‘thug’
by Martin Pengelly in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5X1Z6)
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate compared his Republican opponent to the Russian president Vladimir Putin
Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic candidate for Texas governor, has likened his Republican opponent to the Russian president Vladimir Putin, calling Greg Abbott an authoritarian" and a thug".
As governor, Abbott has presided over draconian laws on issues including abortion, LGBTQ+ rights and voting rights. In February 2021, on his watch, a failure of the state energy grid during cold weather contributed to hundreds of deaths.
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