In remarks focused entirely on border security, Abbott cast himself as a defiant leader unafraid to battle with the Biden Administration.
Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, speaks during the Republican National Convention Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee as the Texas delegation in cowboy hats cheers from the front row. , Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delivered a fiery rebuke of President Joe Biden to delegates Wednesday at the Republican National Convention in a speech playing up his public image as a lone ranger in the fight over illegal immigration.
“Fortunately, I see hope on the horizon. On Nov. 5th, Joe Biden will be fired. And come January, Donald Trump will again be our president ,” Abbott said. “He will enforce our immigration laws. He will fight the Mexican drug cartels. Most of all, he will arrest criminal illegal immigrants and put them behind bars or send them back.
Abbott is a natural choice to help boost Republicans’ morale as they grapple for unity and focus after an attempted assassination of the party’s nominee and months of raucous infighting in Congress, said Joshua Blank, research director at the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin.
“One of the things that’s always separated Gov. Abbott from almost any other Republican governor in the nation is the 1,200-mile border with Mexico,” Blank said. “He is in a very unique position because he can talk about the most important issue to the Republican electorate from a position of authority. That’s a huge political asset.”Texas has for decades had strong representation from governors on the keynote stages at both parties’ national conventions. Former Govs. Rick Perry, George W.
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