Don't Buy Greg Abbott's Self-serving Roundtables & Empty Rhetoric on White Supremacy

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Abbott’s political career is defined by hostility to minority Texans

Major news publications in Texas are prominently covering Governor Greg Abbott’s dog-and-pony show roundtable, along with his comments condemning white supremacy and formation of a task force on domestic terrorism. Don’t buy any of it at face value, because so far most of it has failed to include any mention of Abbott’s long and consistent record of overt hostility to minority Texans.

During his time as Attorney General (2003 – 2014) and as Governor (2015 – present), Greg Abbott has been the point in the spear for Texas Republican racial discrimination and voter suppression efforts. Sympathetic rhetoric and forming a “task force” have been used by Abbott before to give himself short-term cover while he takes official actions harmful to minority Texans or condones other Republicans who directly attack and denigrate minority citizens.

Highlights of Greg Abbott’s career-long hostility to Latino, African-American and other minority Texans.

Phony Voter Fraud Task Force

One of Greg Abbott’s first actions as Texas AG was to divert federal funds intended to fight online child sex predators and other cyber crimes to pay for a phony voter fraud task force.

Abbott used the task force as an excuse to travel around the state dishonestly claiming rampant voter fraud and demonstrating how to harass and suppress minority voters. For example, Abbott’s training materials warned and advised election officials to question the authenticity of a ballot with a sickle cell awareness stamp or some other designation a person might logically associate with a person of color.

Read more: https://lonestarproject.net/2019/08/19/dont-buy-greg-abbott-self-serving-roundtables-empty-rhetoric-on-white-supremacy/