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Watch Texas Gov. Greg Abbott weasel out of question on rape and incest

2021-09-27 00:00:00

You can always spot a spineless politician when they can't answer a simple question with a "yes" or "no," or even a "maybe." Take Greg Abbott, the so-called governor for "freedoms" in Texas.

Fox host Chris Wallace asked Abbott on Sunday a straight-forward question: "A Republican State Representative says that he is going to offer a new measure that would restore the exception to the Texas abortion law for victims of rape and incest. If that came to your desk, will you sign it or not."

To which Abbott could not answer. Instead, throughout the segment, when asked the same question repeatedly, Abbott could only ramble on about how these women "deserve support," and how he was creating a "sexual assault survivors task force."

After trying several times to get a straight answer, Wallace asked, "Just to lock this down, are you saying that you will not sign an exception for rape and incest?"

To which the slippery governor answered, "That bill is not going to reach my desk."
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