Greg Abbott compares Hamas attacks to Texas border crossings at sheriffs' conference
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. In a speech Tuesday to attendees at the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas’ 146th annual training conference and expo in Fort Worth, Gov. Greg Abbott compared attacks on Israel by Hamas — the militant group that killed around 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7 — to crime and immigration in Texas.
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