Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has a mandate from Texas voters.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during his inauguration ceremony in Austin on Tuesday. Texas voters have given Abbott a mandate.SAN ANTONIO — The best inaugurations are celebrations of hope that offer a vision for the future while reflecting on the past. They unite, inspire and honor diverse perspectives. Less successful inaugurations, however, are more aligned with political rallies that devalue differing views. Tuesday’s inauguration for Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov.
Using lyrics from “Texas, Our Texas” as a guide, Abbott, who won decisively over Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke in November, spoke of Texas exceptionalism and laid out his vision for the state in comments that lasted nearly 25 minutes. “But make no mistake, that money does not belong to the government,” Abbott said. “It belongs to the taxpayers. We will use that budget surplus to provide the largest property tax cut in the history of the state of Texas.”
Let’s be clear — any embrace of vouchers, veiled as parental choice, to subsidize private school tuition will undercut public education. Regarding the border, he criticized the Biden administration, thanked the Texas Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers involved in Operation Lone Star, and noted that the state is building its own border wall. He warned of the flow of fentanyl across the border and mentioned that families who lost loved ones to the drug were in the audience.America “looks at Texas as the America that all America used to be,” he said.
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