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Search results for "Trump Abbott's gerrymandering scheme in Texas"

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Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Texas has launched ‘Operation Lone Star’ to finish the border wall themselves.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 23, 2021
Karin Housley stated on October 18, 2018 in an ad:
"Tina (Smith) profited from the opioid crisis." ​
By Kyra Haas• October 31, 2018
Greg Abbott stated on November 17, 2015 in Network TV interview:
In Texas, "we've had three ISIS-related incidents already."
By Filipa Ioannou• December 9, 2015
Beto O'Rourke stated on March 16, 2018 in remarks on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":
"Texas is one of the most gerrymandered states in the union."
By Louis Jacobson• August 16, 2018
Wendy Davis stated on June 27, 2014 in her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention:
Says Greg Abbott "has lost" in court "four times in just the past few days."
By W. Gardner Selby• July 6, 2014
Greg Abbott stated on March 14, 2016 in responding to reporters:
"The fact is voter fraud is rampant."
By W. Gardner Selby• March 17, 2016
Greg Abbott stated on February 10, 2014 in an opinion article in The (McAllen) Monitor:
"As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted."
By Sue Owen• March 11, 2014
Lone Star Project stated on July 14, 2013 in a blog post.:
Says Greg Abbott "converted over $1 million in federal grant money intended for use to prosecute online sexual predators and other cyber crimes and instead used it to harass and prosecute senior citizens who were assisting other senior citizens in applying for mail-in ballots."
By W. Gardner Selby• August 2, 2013
Greg Abbott stated on March 03, 2021 in a tweet:
“The Biden Administration is recklessly releasing hundreds of illegal immigrants who have COVID into Texas communities.”
By Brandon Mulder• March 11, 2021
Greg Abbott stated on November 09, 2011 in a tweet:
"Obama has (a) new Christmas tree tax."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Janie Har, Louis Jacobson• November 20, 2011
TikTok posts stated on July 06, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok:
“Si dios fuera ilegal lo deportariamos palabras del gobernador de Texas”.
By Maria Briceño• July 7, 2025
Lloyd Doggett stated on November 04, 2013 in a guest lecture:
"During the last election, Democrats won over a million votes more than Republicans, but because of the way districts are designed, the Republicans got 33 more members of the House of Representatives than the Democrats did."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 26, 2013
Dave Hansen stated on March 05, 2017 in an interview:
Wisconsin is "the most -- if not Number 1, number 2 -- gerrymandered state in the country" for state legislative boundaries.
By Tom Kertscher• March 17, 2017
Lauren Boebert stated on May 19, 2021 in an interview:
“Since removing the mask mandate two months ago, Texas has not reported a single COVID death. Not one."
By Brandon Mulder• May 25, 2021
Janet Bewley stated on November 05, 2021 in News release:
“Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.”
By Madeline Heim• November 23, 2021
Robin Hayes stated on January 10, 2018 in Press release:
"A ‘gerrymander’ is by definition and common understanding, a strange looking ‘monster’ drawing. This map is clearly not that."
By Paul Specht• January 10, 2018
Greg Abbott stated on March 14, 2016 in speaking to reporters:
Texas "had the highest level of turnout than ever before in the primary."
By W. Gardner Selby• March 24, 2016
Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2021 in a text post:
Says Joe Biden is “now saying he inherited ‘a mess’ at the border. Fact: 9,000 illegals all of 2020. So far in 2021 108,000 entered U.S.”
By Daniel Funke• March 17, 2021
Barbara Ann Radnofsky stated on October 22, 2009 in in a Web site video:
"The attorney general requires that rape victims pay for the rape kit."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 12, 2010
Greg Abbott stated on November 19, 2020 in a press conference:
Says that shutdowns are “ineffective” and that we now know that COVID-19 is not commonly spread “by someone going to work.”
By Brandon Mulder• November 27, 2020

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By W. Gardner Selby• February 11, 2014

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By Amy Sherman• October 15, 2021

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By W. Gardner Selby• January 12, 2012

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By W. Gardner Selby• January 24, 2017

Greg Abbott fulfills nine campaign promises, but 13 vows broken, per PolitiFact Texas Abbott-O-Meter

By W. Gardner Selby• February 1, 2017

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By W. Gardner Selby• February 17, 2015

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By W. Gardner Selby• October 28, 2014

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