SAN ANTONIO (Texas News Radio) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott isn’t concerned about a blue wave rolling through the Lone Star State.
Speaking at the Resurgent Gathering 2018 in Austin Friday morning, Abbott told the conservative gatherers said his own defeat of then state senator Wendy Davis by a broad margin in 2014 is proof enough.
The Dallas Morning News reports event host and blogger Erick Erickson also asked the governor how the state balances the liberal policies of cities like Austin with the conservative values of state lawmakers.
The governor simply stated, “It’s easy. We don’t tolerate it.”
He pointed to how Austin’s plastic bag ban and Denton’s fracking ban were both overturned.
Abbott said he would be in favor of renaming the Texas Railroad Commission, which actually regulates the oil and gas industry.
He also joked about building a wall along the Texas and New Mexico border — as opposed to the Mexico border — to keep Californians from moving to Texas.