Greg Abbott told "Hannity" Wednesday that he will not tolerate municipalities in the Lone Star State defunding their law enforcement apparatus. Abbott said legislation proposed on Tuesday prescribes the freezing of tax revenue for any city that defunds their police or law enforcement department. "[T]hey will lose the lifeblood of the revenues they receive from property taxes in Texas," Abbott explained. "What this does, in English, is it is going to defund cities and cities' ability to operate at all if they try to defund law enforcement. In Texas, we embrace law enforcement, we will not accept turning power over to these socialistic forces that seek to abandon the rule of law and abandon the law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line to keep our communities safe."

Source: Fox News August 20, 2020 02:26 UTC