Factchecking the governor debate between incumbent Greg Abbott and challenger Beto O'Rourke.
Rivals clashed on inflation, migrants, gun violence and the state’s fragile power grid. Who had the facts straight?Todd J. GillmanWASHINGTON – Gov. Greg Abbott and challenger Beto O’Rourke clashed over a range of topics Friday night in their sole debate, not always with the facts on their side.“He not only supports abortion of a fully developed child to the very last second before birth” but, said Abbott, he opposes “providing medical care for the baby who survives an abortion.
Does O’Rourke support unfettered access to abortion? Abbott’s campaign backs that claim by citing instances when O’Rourke sidestepped the question and emphasized that women should have the power to make decisions about their own bodies. Last week, New York Mayor Eric Adams asserted that the Texas governor’s office has been sending buses filled with migrants without any heads-up or coordination.
“It’s clearly failed…. We’re seeing not fewer but more encounters at our border right now. When the governor spent four billion of our tax dollars on what has turned out to be political theater for his political career, he promises that it will deter people from coming to this country. You’ve only seen more people come.”The flow of migrants this year is at record levels, and immigration and border enforcement are federal responsibilities. Point for Abbott.
Nationwide, inflation hit 11.7% in early 1975 during the OPEC oil embargo, and 13.6% in June 1981. It remained in triple-digits until a full year after Republican Ronald Reagan ousted Democrat Jimmy Carter.Arguing that rising energy bills, property bills and housing are driving inflation, and that Abbott has failed in each area, O’Rourke said that “he’s the largest driver of inflation in the state of Texas right now.
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