{"id":549290,"date":"2021-06-02T11:20:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T15:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=549290"},"modified":"2021-06-02T11:20:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T15:20:24","slug":"biden-likely-criticized-texas-voting-integrity-bill-before-reading-it-greg-abbott-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-likely-criticized-texas-voting-integrity-bill-before-reading-it-greg-abbott-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Likely Criticized Texas Voting Integrity Bill Before Reading It, Greg Abbott Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-likely-criticized-texas-voting-integrity-bill-before-reading-it-greg-abbott-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=549290&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responded to President Joe Biden\u2019s criticism of his state\u2019s voting integrity legislation, saying the president probably didn\u2019t even read the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Biden criticized the Senate bill without even having ever read it,\u201d Gov. Greg Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/politics\/2021\/06\/01\/texas-gov-greg-abbott-defends-controversial-election-bill-while-blasting-biden-delaware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told The Dallas Morning News<\/a> in an interview Tuesday evening. \u201cI bet he doesn\u2019t have a clue what\u2019s in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott noted that Biden has previously been quick to attack him on various policies, according to The Dallas Morning News. For example, Biden and White House officials <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/30\/joe-biden-rochelle-walensky-andy-slavitt\/\">slammed<\/a> Abbott\u2019s decision to remove capacity restrictions on businesses and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/02\/gavin-newsom-slams-texas-lift-mask-mandate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lift<\/a> the state\u2019s mask mandate in March.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/01\/sweeping-bill-limiting-mail-drive-thru-voting-advances-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voting integrity bill<\/a>, which the state\u2019s senate is expected to soon pass, is an \u201cassault on democracy\u201d and attacks Americans\u2019 right to vote, Biden said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/05\/29\/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-texas-senate-bill-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> last week. He added that the bill would disproportionately target people of color. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/01\/greg-abbott-suspend-lawmakers-pay-democrats-walk-election-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Gov. Greg Abbott Says He\u2019ll Suspend Lawmakers\u2019 Pay After Democrats Walk Out On Election Bill)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s wrong and un-American,\u201d Biden said of the bill. \u201cIn the 21st century, we should be making it easier, not harder, for every eligible voter to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president reiterated his criticism of the legislation during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Lif4DzRkJQM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">remarks<\/a> commemorating the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7204763\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7204763\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7204763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1231398676-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"President Joe Biden greets Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in Houston, Texas on Feb. 26. (Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1231398676-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1231398676-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1231398676-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1231398676-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1231398676-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1231398676-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7204763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden greets Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in Houston, Texas on Feb. 26. (Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, Texas\u2019 voting laws are far more accommodative than those in Delaware, Biden\u2019s home state, Abbott told The Dallas Morning News. He added that, if voter suppression is taking place anywhere, it\u2019s in Delaware, not Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe voter law in the state of Texas is far more accommodative and provides far more hours to vote than it does in President Biden\u2019s home state of Delaware, where he voted in the last election, where they offer exactly zero early voting days,\u201d Abbott said, The Dallas Morning News reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s going to be proven to be 100% wrong about this,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Texas Democrats successfully <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/31\/democrats-texas-state-capitol-greg-abbott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">executed<\/a> a rare move to delay the state\u2019s senate from voting on the legislation. But the bill is still <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/01\/greg-abbott-suspend-lawmakers-pay-democrats-walk-election-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expected to eventually receive a floor vote<\/a> and get sent to Abbott\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/01\/sweeping-bill-limiting-mail-drive-thru-voting-advances-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voting integrity legislation<\/a> would end drive-thru voting, limit vote-by-mail, give new freedom to partisan poll watchers and create new penalties for election officials who improperly tabulate ballots, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/politics\/texas\/article\/Democrats-voting-restrictions-bill-Texas-16213706.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Houston Chronicle<\/a>. One of the most contested provisions of the bill would enable judges to overturn an entire election\u2019s results if enough fraud was detected.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responded to President Joe Biden\u2019s criticism of his state\u2019s voting integrity legislation, saying the president probably didn\u2019t even read the bill.\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be surprised if &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278896,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1231398676-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Likely Criticized Texas Voting Integrity Bill Before Reading It, Greg Abbott Says","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-549290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1231398676-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Likely Criticized Texas Voting Integrity Bill Before Reading It, Greg Abbott Says","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}