simply say you don’t want your
kids to get this. Sophia. Haley, thank you for the
Haley, thank you for the
latest there.
>> That was that new
information from the medical
center. We want to bring
governor Greg Abbott into the
conversation. Governor, we do
appreciate the time is always
our medical community is very concerned. You just heard about
concerned. You just heard about
this Delta variant given those
new numbers. Where do you stand
on potentially re implementing the mask mandate that you put
the mask mandate that you put
in place just last year.
>> So first, let’s talk about
the medical component of the
medical component as we
all know, is that one of the things that dramatically
things that dramatically
reduces if not eliminate the
possibility of of getting
covid. Even getting the Delta variant of covid is getting a
variant of covid is getting a
vaccine. So the first thing
that we’re doing is where the
way the State health services
as well as the chief of the
Texas division of emergency
management are working with local officials across the
local officials across the
state of Texas to ensure that
everyone has plentiful supplies
of the vaccine so that anybody
who wants a vaccine will be
able to get the vaccine.
Then the second thing with in direct response to your
direct response to your
question and that is. There
will be no mask mandate imposed
and the reasons for that are
very clear and that is there are so many people who have
are so many people who have
immunities to covid, whether it
be through the vaccination with
a B through their own exposure
in their recovery from it,
which would be acquired
immunity and that is it would
be inappropriate to require people
inappropriate to require people
who already have immunity to
wear a mask but also what we
know, Chris, is this and that
is everyone watching the show. Everyone in the state of Texas
Everyone in the state of Texas
as well as the United States.
They know exactly what the
standards are, what practices
they want to adopt to help
protect themselves. And so
there’s no more time for government mandates. This is
government mandates. This is
time for individual
responsibility, period. But
when when you look at the
numbers, governor, in fact,
numbers just released today
show that roughly 48%
of Texans. >> Who are eligible for the
>> Who are eligible for the
vaccine have not gotten the
vaccine. When you hear those
numbers, you see the numbers
are on the rise. You say the
mask mandate is not going to be re implemented. What can we do
re implemented. What can we do
more.
>> Well, again, the most
important thing we can is to
work
to ensure that every Texan has
it incredibly easy access to vaccine. Let me run through
vaccine. Let me run through
some numbers real quick and
that is if you look at the
people who are most in danger
of losing the life, which is our seniors are getting
our seniors are getting
seriously ill more than 70%
of those people have received a
vaccine shot in more than 80%
ever seen. A vaccine should
almost 70% have received 2 shots and with regard to 50 to
shots and with regard to 50 to
64 over 70% of them have
received a vaccine shot.
is only the younger cohort. Other just now coming into the
Other just now coming into the
age group for vaccination all
I Talk about that may be the
case as kids return to school. Sure.
Absent looks talk about going
>> Yeah, and I I’m sorry.
We’re on the satellite delay.
But when you talk about kids
going to school. Parents want
to know will kids be forced
to wear a mask in class when many classes resume in just
many classes resume in just
over a month from now.
>> Kids will not be forced by government or by schools to
government or by schools to
wear a mask in school. They can
buy parental choice where a
mask. But there will be no
government mandate requiring
masks. Chris, what we do
anticipate is that as kids. We’re approaching the
as kids. We’re approaching the
beginning of school and with
the Delta variant increasing,
you probably will see an
increase in the number of
parents are choosing to have their child vaccinated as well
their child vaccinated as well
as well as the increase in
teachers who have not yet been
vaccinated. Probably going out
and getting a vacc vaccination.
So I do anticipate seeing an increase and the number of
increase and the number of
people getting a vaccine.
>> Governor. The special
session is still ongoing at the
state Capitol. But what’s
getting done or rather what’s
not getting done since dozens of
getting done since dozens of
state Democrats left Austin and
fled to D C.
>> So when you talk about
things not being done. There’s
tragedy, especially including the Houston area as well as
the Houston area as well as
across the state of Texas.
And
that is bail reform is not
getting done since the time
that the Democrats first during the regular session there now
the regular session there now
have been, I think 7 people
killed because of people who
were released on bail who
should not have been released
because of violent crimes. It committed. And so literally
It committed. And so literally
lives on the line because the
Democrats have chosen not
to participate in the special
session. And then on top of
that, of course, our neediest kids. The kids in foster care
kids. The kids in foster care
are not getting the additional
funding that we proposed to our
teachers are not getting an
additional retirement check
that they need a property tax
relief is not forthcoming. All of these issues have been
All of these issues have been
voted out of the Texas Senate
are languishing because
Democrats have chosen to play
politics up to Washington, DC
in Iraq casting votes.
>> Governor, I want to play a
part of a news conference that happened just a few hours ago
happened just a few hours ago
with the Texas Democrats who
are
in DC our investigator Mario
Diaz asked some of those
Democrats if they’re still
concerned about the risk of
being arrested after fleeing the state of Texas during the
the state of Texas during the
special session. Let’s roll that clip.
that clip.
>> In the wreck that if they Constitutional right to vote
Constitutional right to vote
in America is worth going to
always been pretty much it’s
right to vote. And we want him to know that we would like to
to know that we would like to
share the same opportunities.
That is all we share.
>> That was state
representative senfronia
Thompson governor. She
mentioned you by name. They’re calling you privilege. What is
calling you privilege. What is
your reaction to what you just
heard.
>> You know about another long
time. I got to tell you, I’ve
never been so disappointed in a comment that she makes because
comment that she makes because
everything she said right there
was
completely false. There is no
one anywhere anyway in the
state of Texas. This being
denied the ability to vote because of this proposal.
because of this proposal.
That is up similarly shes.
She well knows they they would
not be arrested the way that she suggested there. They are
she suggested there. They are
subject to. I was called a call
in the House, which means that
the sergeant at works with the
Texas Department of Public
safety to bring into the house. The members who have fled their
The members who have fled their
duty by going to Washington,
DC but everything that’s up
from the Thompson. Just hold
your audience right there.
Is completely false everything. See she suggested is not
See she suggested is not
contained in the election
integrity. Bill period.
>> Governor Greg Abbott again
live in Austin tonight. We do
thank you as always for your
time. I hate when we have the
satellite delay and I try to ask a question and then you
ask a question and then you
respond. We speak on top of
each other for that. I do
apologize. That’s never my