Racist Greg Abbott Compares S. Texas to a Third-World Nation, Proposes "Surge" of Police

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This is the man who wants to govern all of Texas?

Greg Abbott Compares South Texas to a Third-World Nation, Proposes "Surge" of State Troopers
Katie Singh Feb 05, 2014 http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14768/greg-abbott-compares-south-texas-to-a-thirdworld-nation-proposes-surge-of-state-troopers

Greg Abbott unveiled his latest policy proposal in Dallas yesterday, a border security proposal that Abbott called his "Securing Texans Plan." Abbott's proposal would double spending on border security, costing $300 million over the next 2 years. He has called for hiring 500 more state troopers and spending millions on new high-tech security equipment.

In his speech, Abbott justified his proposal by comparing the South Texas border region to a third-world country. Said Abbott: "This creeping corruption resembles third world country practices that erode the social fabric of our communities and destroy Texans' trust and confidence in government."

His entire proposal was replete with militaristic rhetoric that characterized South Texas as a war zone that wasn't really part of Texas. In describing his border plan, Abbott said, "We must do more to protect our border going beyond sporadic surges...I'll add more boots on the ground, more assets in the air and on the water, and deploy more technology and tools for added surveillance." He instead proposed a "continuous surge" of state troopers to the region.

Abbott's comments about South Texas are yet another example of his hostility toward the Latino community. ........

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LETTER: Wendy Davis responds to Greg Abbott's third-world comment
Sunday, February 9, 2014 http://www.themonitor.com/opinion/letters/article_e2746da2-9104-11e3-b380-0017a43b2370.html

Dear Monitor Editor:

I wholeheartedly agree with the Feb. 7 Monitor editorial, “Third-world implications.” I join you in calling for Attorney Gen. Greg Abbott to apologize for his offensive and erroneous comment that problems facing South Texas resemble “third-world country practices that erode the social fabric of our communities and destroys Texans’ trust in government.”

Abbott’s comparison of activities in South Texas to those of a “third-world” country is untrue, hurts our state, harms economic development in our border communities and won’t help the hardworking Texas families who live there.

Greg Abbott said he’d double the amount of spending for DPS border security. While I agree we should ensure that law enforcement has the necessary resources throughout our state, it’s unfortunate that oftentimes the conversation around our border communities focuses solely on enforcement. Our state needs leadership that is grounded in facts and is ready to open up new opportunities with trade and commerce which currently support hundreds of thousands of jobs in Texas. If we’re going to spend more money on the border, let’s work to reduce wait times at our ports of entry and create more jobs for Texas.

Instead of using divisive rhetoric, as governor I will fight to expand opportunity for all Texans ....................

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1. Here is an example of a statement by Abbott to soothe TP bunch so the TP people do not

sound so crazy, he feeds into their crazy plan. Afterwards we see a very intelligent statement by Wendy Davis who presents herself as a real leader, someone we need as governor of Texas. It should be a simple conclusion of which one to vote, I like Wendy Davis more and more, Thanks Wendy for running for governor of Texas.

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2. But but Greg Abbott has a Spanish-language website