SEE
SEE WHAT
SEE WHAT HE DOES IN THE COMING MONTHS BECAUSE THE NEXT
GOVERNOR ELECTION IS JUST TWO
YEARS AWAY.
YEARS AWAY. >>> NOW WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE
GOVERNOR FOR A MOMENT AND WHAT
THE 2022 RACE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT FACED A
LOT OF CRITICISM THE SUMMER.
CONSERVATIVES DISLIKED HOW HE
HANDLED THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE.
COULD GOVERNOR ABBOTT FACE A
REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER IN THE
PRIMARY TWO YEARS FROM NOW?
WE WILL BEGIN WITH ALAN WEST,
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY OF TEXAS.
MR. CHAIRMAN THANK YOU FOR THE
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT GOVERNOR
ABBOTT.
ABBOTT.
ABBOTT. HE TOOK A LOT OF CRITICISM IN
MARCH, THROUGH THE SUMMER, AND
IN THE FALL ALSO FOR HIS
HANDLING OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
DO YOU THINK FROM YOUR VANTAGE
POINT, MR. CHAIRMAN, WHETHER HE
WILL BE PRIMARY AND WHEN HE
RUNS FOR REELECTION?
>> I DO NOT HAVE A CRYSTAL
BALL.
BALL.
BALL. FOR
BALL. FOR ME THE MOST IMPORTANT FOCUS
IS THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND
AFTER THAT THE MUNICIPAL
ELECTIONS IN MAY AND WE WILL
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I AM VERY CONCERNED AND I WILL
WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH
THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
THAT WILL COME TO TEXAS.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS I AM
FOCUSED ON AND WE WILL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS WITH THE GOVERNOR.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
THE NEXT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
SPECIFICALLY.
SPECIFICALLY. REPRESENTATIVE DAVE FEELING
THAT HE HAS THE VOTES TO BECOME
THE NEXT SPEAKER OF THE TEXAS
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE
PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
I AM CURIOUS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S DOING
WRONG AND WHO WOULD YOU SUPPORT
FOR THAT POSITION?
>> I WOULD SUPPORT SOMEBODY
THAT FOLLOWS THE RULES.
THAT WAS ELECTED FROM WITHIN
THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
I THINK IT IS VERY MUCH A SLAP
IN THE FACE OF THE GRASSROOTS
ACTIVISTS AND VOLUNTEERS THAT
WHEN THEY WERE FACED WITH THE
ONSLAUGHT OF SOME $61 MILLION
TO FLIP THE TEXAS STATE HOUSE
DID NOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
WE HAVE AN 83-67 MAJORITY IN
THE STATE HOUSE AND IT SEEMS
LIKE SOMEONE, MR. FEELING
DECIDED HE WOULD GO ACROSS THE
AISLE AND GET THE SUPPORT OF
SOME 25 OR 30 DEMOCRATS.
THOSE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHEN
WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE THEY
DID NOT GET A MAJORITY IN THE
STATE HOUSE.
STATE HOUSE. WHY WOULD WE ACQUIESCED TO
THEM?
THEM?
THEM? WE
THEM? WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE DEMOCRATS
HAVING COMMITTEE CHAIR
POSITIONS LIKE THEY DID IN THE
LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHERE
THEY KILLED REPUBLICAN PARTY
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT REPORTS
OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS ABOUT
THE F VI INVESTIGATING KEN
PAXTON.
PAXTON.
PAXTON. DO YOU THINK IT IS TIME FOR HIM
TO RESIGN?
TO RESIGN? >> THAT IS UP TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
GENERAL.
GENERAL. I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT
IS GOING ON THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS YOU SHOULD NOT WANT TO
BE AN ANCHOR OR A DRAG BECAUSE
AS WE ARE COMING OUT OF THIS
ELECTORAL SEASON, THERE ARE A
LOT OF CASES AND A LOT OF
THINGS THAT THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE SHOULD BE
FOCUSED ON AND MAKING SURE THAT
WE HAVE A GOOD, CLEAN ELECTORAL
SYSTEM THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY
FOR THE PARTY OF TEXAS IS
ELECTION INTEGRITY.
ELECTION INTEGRITY. I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE HERE IN
THE STATE OF TEXAS, IMMIGRANT,
INDEPENDENT, GREEN PARTY,
LIBERTARIAN WANT TO BE SURE
THAT WE HAVE A GOOD AND FAIR
ELECTORAL SYSTEM.
ELECTORAL SYSTEM. I WOULD HOPE THAT WE HAVE A
STRONG ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE THAT IS NOT FOCUSED ON
OTHER THINGS.
OTHER THINGS. >> YOU ARE NEVER SHORT OF AN
OPINION THOUGH.
OPINION THOUGH. IS HE BECOMING A DRAGON THE
PARTY?
PARTY?
PARTY? >>
PARTY? >> HE IS NOT A DRAG FOR ME SO I
WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS ON WITH
WHAT I HAVE IN STORE AND
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THOSE
LEGISLATIVE PARTIES PAST.
ELECTION INTEGRITY IS THE FIRST
ONE BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
THAT'S NOT CONCERNED ABOUT
THEIR OWN PERSONAL LEGAL MATTERS
AND CAN BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
MATTERS OF THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS.
>> I WILL RETURN TO POLITICS
BRIEFLY IN THE FINAL MOMENT
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED YOUR NAME
AS A POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR.
GOVERNOR.
GOVERNOR. >> I ALWAYS ANSWER WITH
PROVERBS.
PROVERBS.
PROVERBS. TRUST IN THE LORD AND FOLLOW MY
HEART NOT UPON YOUR OWN
UNDERSTANDING.
UNDERSTANDING. IN ALL THE WAYS YOU ACKNOWLEDGE
HIM HE WILL GUIDE YOUR PATH.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT I
WOULD BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF