In a collection of mutual assaults months forward of the 2022 election that can determine whether or not former congressman Beto O'Rourke will defy latest polls and unseat Texas Governor Greg Abbott, the governor has criticized O'Rourke's voting report from his time within the Home. O'Rourke, in the meantime, has known as Abbott an "authoritarian" and a "thug" and in contrast him to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

At an occasion in the course of the South by Southwest competition final week, O'Rourke mentioned the state's vitality disaster throughout winter storms and restrictions on mail-in voting, amongst different election points, are corresponding to Putin's actions in Russia.

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Beto O'Rourke and Texas Governor Greg Abbott have traded a brand new collection of assaults in latest weeks. Above, he speaks onstage at 'Beto O'Rourke in Dialog with Evan Smith ' in the course of the 2022 SXSW Convention and Festivals at Hilton Austin on March 12, 2022 in Austin, Texas.Chris Saucedo/Getty Pictures for SXSW