Grit Steeled by Injury Drives Abbott Bid for Texas Governor
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The loudest applause during Greg Abbott’s campaign stops in central Texas last month came when he said a United Nations treaty threatened the rights of American gun owners, and vowed he’d fight it.
Abbott, the Texas attorney general, is running to succeed Rick Perry as governor. He aligns with Perry in opposing gun control, same-sex marriage and abortion, and is proud to say he’s sued President Barack Obama’s administration 28 times. He personally defended display of the Ten Commandments at the Texas capitol in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, and won.