Gov. Greg Abbott is threatening to reinstate aggressive truck safety inspections at the...
. Normally the state selects trucks that have obvious violations for the inspections. But Abbott’s order forced every truck to be inspected for up to an hour after going through U.S. Customs. The result was waits of up to eight hours for trucks that normally get into the U.S. within 30 minutes, and condemnations from shipping interests including the American Trucking Association.
“If we do see increased trafficking across the border, we will strategically shut down certain bridges,” Abbott said as he lifted the last of his inspection orders at a press conference in Weslaco near the Texas border. Praise from those two is particularly important for Abbott as he faces re-election against Democrat Beto O’Rourke, who came within 3 percentage points of winning a U.S. Senate seat in Texas in 2018. Abbott needs a big turnout from Republican voters to counteract O’Rourke’s proven ability to get Democrats to the polls.
“Abbott jacked up inflation, increased prices at our stores, hurt Texas businesses, killed jobs, and shut down billions of dollars in trade — all for a little attention from Tucker Carlson,” O’Rourke said on his social media accounts Tuesday.Abbott has justified the inspections by saying they helped take unsafe trucks off Texas roadways, and the financial pain caused by the disruptions forced the White House and Mexican officials to pay attention to the border crisis.
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