Democratic nominee Gina Hinojosa posted a video from a San Antonio news conference calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to meet her at the Governor’s Mansion in Austin on Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. In the clip, she says that if he is “not man enough to debate” her, he does not deserve to be governor of Texas. The post drew strong engagement as replies split between users urging him to show and others asking why he should debate her.
Governor Abbott, I’ll meet you at the Governor’s Mansion next Thursday at 10 AM.
If you’re not man enough to debate me, you don’t deserve to be the governor of Texas. pic.twitter.com/VZOQjaKbXq
— Gina Hinojosa (@GinaHinojosaTX)
The video shows Hinojosa at a podium with news microphones, speaking outdoors on stone steps. She says, “Governor Abbott, I’m calling on you to meet me at the Governor’s Mansion in one week, October 15th at 10 AM, to defend your record and so Texans can hear my plan to secure the American dream in Texas.”
She then adds, “And if you are not man enough to debate me, then you don’t deserve to be the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott.” The clip doesn’t show Abbott, and it doesn’t show any response from him.
The Houston Chronicle reported that the remarks came at a news conference in San Antonio. Hearst Newspapers and NBCUniversal stations had invited both candidates to a debate in Fort Worth on Oct. 15. Hinojosa accepted…