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struggle4progress

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Fri Aug 23, 2019, 12:39 PM Aug 2019

TX Gov Abbott sent anti-immigrant letter before El Paso attack

Signal Staff
August 22, 2019

... Gov. Greg Abbott asked his supporters to help him “defend” Texas.

“If we’re going to DEFEND Texas, we’ll need to take matters into our own hands” ...

Later in the letter, he asks recipients to sign a statement of support to “DEFEND TEXAS NOW” ...

The fundraising appeal was dated .. a day before the terrorist attack at an El Paso Walmart.

... the white nationalist who killed 22 people and injured many more ... wrote .. “ ... I am simply defending my country ...

http://www.thetexassignal.com/exclusive-abbott-sends-out-anti-immigrant-fundraising-letter-a-day-before-el-paso-attack/

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