4 takeaways from the Texas governor's debate
After an hour of debating, neither Gov. Greg Abbott nor Beto O’Rourke landed any knockout punch that is likely to shake up the race much.
Style wise, both showed different sides to themselves than in past debates over the years. Abbott was much more amped up than in his past debates against Democratic challengers, weaving more punches and counter punches., appeared far more disciplined in staying on his message and trying make his overall case against Abbott throughout the night — something he couldn't quite manage in 2018 when he ran for the U.S. Senate.
For the first 15 minutes of the hour-long debate, the moderators had the candidates going back and forth over border security, Abbott’s deployment of soldiers on the border and his strategy to ship migrants on buses to other cities. “We are 8 years into his time as governor, and this is what we have on our border,” O’Rourke said, adding after $4 billion of spending on Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, more migrants are crossingAbbott was having none of that, quickly countering that: “This is all because of Joe Biden’s failure to do the president’s job to secure the border."
It goes beyond the border. After Abbott said he wanted to raise teacher pay, O’Rourke said he’s had 8 years and the state’s teachers are still underpaid by $7,500 a year. Later, Abbott said he wanted to lower property taxes. Again, O’Rourke said Abbott’s had two terms in office to address it, but tax bills continue to climb.
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