Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General, Says Border Corruption Resembles ‘Third World’

Greg Abbott, Attorney General and lead gubernatorial candidate for Texas has come under fire for comments suggesting public corruption in Texas border security resembles "Third-World" levels, something which many feel is unfair and borderline racist against the state's Hispanic-majority on the border with Mexico. Yet Abbott has defended his comments telling the El Paso Times "Public corruption does mimic Third-World practices, and we will not tolerate those types of practices."

Abbott spoke to Fox News and was entirely unapolagetic for his remarks and his plan to improve border security with a plan set to cost $300 million. “I will never back down and put my head in the sand and pretend as though the problem doesn’t exist because I have prosecuted public corruption across the state of Texas, and as governor I will ensure that we eliminate this problem as opposed to some other people who seem to want to put their head in the sand about dealing with these challenges,” Abbott told Fox News.

Meanwhile, Abbott has come under attack from lead Democratic gubernatorial challenger Wendy Davis for what many have called the "misusage" of funds. "Using $300 million to address a federal issue is a gross misusage of funds," said Texas Sen. Jose Rodriguez, according to the El Paso Times. “Meanwhile, our school system is underfunded and we are not doing anything to take care of it...It really demonstrates how out of touch he is with Texas' border communities.”