Donald Trump adds fresh pressure to Gov. Greg Abbott over demand for a forensic election audit
by Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune
Gov. Greg Abbott is failing to appease some inside his party including former President Donald Trump with the forensic election audit that the state announced Thursday.
Trump released a letter to Abbott on Thursday urging him to add audit legislation, which could allow a review of mail-in and in-person ballots across the state, to the agenda for the current special session agenda. Instead, the secretary of states office announced later that day that it was already starting to audit the 2020 election results in four of the states biggest counties.
In a new statement to
The Texas Tribune on Wednesday, Trump said it is "a big mistake for Texas" not to pass the audit legislation, House Bill 16 by Rep. Steve Toth, R-The Woodlands.
By allowing the Democrats to do what they do, it will make it much harder for the Governor and other Republicans to win election in 2022 and into the future, Trump said. Texas is a much redder state than anyone knows, but this is the way to make sure it turns blue.
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https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/29/donald-trump-texas-election-audit/