Abbott suscite la foule devant l’apparition de Trump

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  • Des gens font la queue devant le Toyota Center avant le rassemblement de la campagne Trump, le lundi 22 octobre 2018 à Houston. Photo: Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / 2018

    Des gens font la queue devant le Toyota Center avant le rassemblement de la campagne Trump, le lundi 22 octobre 2018 à Houston.

    Des gens font la queue devant le Toyota Center avant le rassemblement de la campagne Trump, le lundi 22 octobre 2018 à Houston.


    Photo: Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle


Photo: Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle

People wait in line outside of Toyota Center before a Trump campaign rally, Monday, October 22, 2018, in Houston.

People wait in line outside of Toyota Center before a Trump campaign rally, Monday, October 22, 2018, in Houston.



Photo: Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle


A trio of Texas' top Republican officials took the stage at the Toyota Center Monday evening to laud President Donald Trump's record and his impact on the Texas economy, firing up a packed crowd ahead of the president's appearance with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.

Gov. Greg Abbott, Sen. John Cornyn and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, appearing in that order, also ripped national Democrats and Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Cruz's Democratic opponent, drawing loud boos from what appeared to be a full crowd here.


"Isn't it great to have a president who lives up to his campaign promises? He promised you he would cut your taxes, and he did," Abbott said. "He promised you that he would cut regulations, and he did."

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Patrick addressed the crowd with the most gusto of the three, railing against Democrats who are hoping for a "blue wave" in Texas. And he joked that O'Rourke's name stands for "Border Enforcement Totally Optional."

"Why are we here? To tell Beto O'Rourke and the Democrats we're not turning Texas into California," Patrick said. Near the end, he led the crowd in a chant of "We love Trump!" and said emphatically, "We will never give up Texas!"

The three Republicans all had harsh words for O'Rourke, with Abbott calling him "hostile to Texas values." Meanwhile, O'Rourke pushed back this weekend against the partisan undertones in Abbott's and Cruz's message.

In an interview with the Houston Chronicle on Sunday night in Sugar Land, he said this election isn't about Texas being red or blue.

"Who cares about the partisan color of Texas?" O'Rourke said. "I could give a damn about what party you are in."

The rally, Trump's 29th of the year, drew what appeared to be a mostly full crowd at an arena that holds about 18,000 people. Trump's campaign reported thousands more had signed up in the hopes of attending.

Cornyn followed Abbott onstage and warned of "job-killing California-style mandates," calling Texas "the firewall in this midterm election."

"I need Ted Cruz back in the Senate," Cornyn said. "Texas needs Ted Cruz back in the Senate."

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Some of Abbott's Republican allies from the Texas Legislature attended, including state Sens. Paul Bettencourt, Dawn Buckingham, Donna Campbell and Bryan Hughes. Newly elected state Sen. Pete Flores also attended the rally.


Members of the crowd donned "Trump-Pence 2020" and pink "Women for Trump" shirts. They held up signs reading "Finish the Wall" and "Stand for America." Chants of 'USA' repeatedly echoed through the arena.

Outside but away from the line to enter the arena, protesters and conservative provocateurs, including Infowars host Alex Jones, verbally jousted.

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