Crenshaw, R-Houston, also talked about his first term in office and his own bid for reelection.
The 2020 Texas Tribune Festival
The Texas Tribune will cover the top news events from the 2020 Texas Tribune Festival, which takes place virtually throughout September. The Festival will feature more than 250 speakers in over 100 events, some of which are free and some ticketed. View the full schedule here, and use this page to see news stories on political and policy debates from the Festival.
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Ted Cruz dismisses concerns over Attorney General Bill Barr and the federal coronavirus response as politically motivated
Cruz said that Barr has done an “admirable job” and that the Trump administration took “serious and … extraordinary” steps to fight the pandemic.
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Watch former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates discuss presidents, power and more at The Texas Tribune Festival
Gates also talked about how the pandemic is reshaping alliances.
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Gov. Greg Abbott used pandemic as cover to ban abortions in Texas, former Planned Parenthood head says
Cecile Richards, a Texas native, made the comment in an interview during The Texas Tribune Festival that aired Wednesday. Limits on abortion access earlier this year spurred legal battles.
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Watch U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio discuss the 2020 election and more at The Texas Tribune Festival
Rubio, R-Florida, the acting chair of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, alsoed discuss immigration and national security.
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Watch Nikole Hannah-Jones and Wesley Lowery on the 1619 Project and more at The Texas Tribune Festival
Hannah-Jones, a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, and Lowery, a correspondent for 60 Minutes’ “60 in 6,” also discussed racial disparities during the pandemic and the fight for a true democracy.
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Lawmakers call on Gov. Greg Abbott to plan to expand broadband access as pandemic worsens disparities
A bipartisan group of 88 state lawmakers said in a letter that a statewide broadband plan is well overdue.
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U.S. Rep. Brian Babin defends Trump’s early coronavirus statements, comparing them to FDR’s after Pearl Harbor
During The Texas Tribune Festival, Babin and U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess both backed the president after revelations from a forthcoming book by journalist Bob Woodward.
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Watch Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo talk about race, police reform at The Texas Tribune Festival
Acevedo also discussed the reverberations of George Floyd’s death in the city where Floyd was raised.
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Dallas and Harris county judges criticize Gov. Greg Abbott’s coronavirus response for putting politics ahead of science
At The Texas Tribune Festival, Clay Jenkins and Lina Hidalgo, both Democrats, said local officials and health experts stepped into a leadership vacuum left by state and federal leaders.
