Greg Abbott warning: Soros helping Obama Dems buy way back into power

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AUSTIN -- Gov. Greg Abbott says hedge-fund billionaire George Soros and other liberals are messing with Texas.

"And they don't plan on stopping there," Abbott writes, in a warning to Texans published, of all places, in an online news outlet in Washington, D.C.

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Here's the Republican governor's hypothesis:

"Still reeling from nearly a decade of devastating losses in statehouses across the nation as well as in the 2016 presidential election, Democrats in Washington, D.C. are plotting to pour hundreds of millions of dollars in state and local elections across the country," Abbott says.

"With the help of hedge fund billionaire George Soros, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee hopes to wrest control from voters of congressional re-districting in 2021 when booming conservative states such as Texas will gain seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. All for the benefit of their special-interest donors.

"That the first fundraisers for this self-described 'super group' were held in San Francisco and Los Angeles reveals one of their goals: to reinstate Rep. Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. But they aren't stopping there."

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Abbott says Texas is Ground Zero for Democrats' efforts to redraw congressional district boundary lines so they can gain seats in future elections. And he opines that the Harris County district attorney's race last year was part of the take-back push.

"In 2016, (Soros) also reportedly spent nearly $11 million on a dozen local district attorney races, including one in Harris County, Texas. The vast majority of his selected candidates won when their opponents were overwhelmed by the inflow of cash and negative campaigning.

"Those victories, along with recent successful efforts to challenge redistricting maps in a handful of states, have given Democrats a taste of victory.

"What Obama could not accomplish while in office, turning red states blue, he will attempt to do now through the machinations of this 'super group' — a partisan focus unbecoming a former president."

Abbott draws this line in the sand: "I've got news for Nancy Pelosi and her pet project: Texas is not up for grabs."

"I'm running for re-election to make sure that San Francisco liberals such as Pelosi will not be running our great state. I'm committed to preserving Texas' liberty. And I will continue to fight back against the liberal agenda that threatens the future of our nation."

Read the entire Abbott op-ed piece here.