The lawsuit also says Beto has seized a $1 million donation to Greg Abbott’s campaign to falsely accuse Warren of “serious crimes including extortion, bribery, and corrupt influence.”
Beto is currently running against Abbott to replace him as governor.
In response to the legal maneuvering, Governor Abbott’s campaign issued a statement. It says, “Our campaign is in no way involved in this lawsuit… Beto O’Rourke continues hiding his support for the Green New Deal, which would kill hundreds of thousands of good-paying energy jobs…”
Beto O’Rourke press conference
Monday Beto had a press conference.
The Texas politician said of the Texas billionaire, “He is following through on his threat, and he is going to try to take me to court, use his billions of dollars to try to shut me down and shut us up from telling the story of what happened to the people of Texas.”
“All I have done today and all I have done over the course of the campaign is share these facts,” O’Rourke said Monday. And argued that “when we connect the dots and follow the money, we see that Greg Abbott has put profits over people.”
