Greg Abbott is targeting Beto O’Rourke over a 2020 comment praising Minneapolis for redirecting $8 million in police funding. In an ad, Abbott says it's defunding the police. An O’Rourke spokesperson says O'Rourke has voted to increase police budgets.
Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a news conference with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, left, and Speaker Dennis Bonnen before signing a Texas Backs the Blue Pledge at the Austin Police Association on Sept. 10, 2020., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
In a 30-second TV ad set to launch Monday, Abbott appears in front of images of a crime scene, with police cars and red-and-blue lights in the background. The Houston Chronicle“Across America, there are too many scenes like this. Beto O’Rourke’s answer is to defund and dismantle the police. He wants to punish the police, not the criminals,” Abbott says in the ad. “I support our law enforcement by ensuring that they are fully funded.
“I really love that Black Lives Matters and other protesters have put this front and center to defund these line items that have overmilitarized our police and instead invest that money in the human capital your community, make sure that you have the services, the help, the support, the health care necessary to be well and not require police intervention,” O’Rourke said. “And then also in some necessary cases, completely dismantling those police forces and rebuilding them.
“I don’t see eye-to-eye with you on defunding the police,” O’Rourke told the attendee. “I want to make sure we can count on the police and that means making sure they have the resources and funding they need, the training that they need.”
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