O'Rourke calls Abbott a 'thug' and an 'authoritarian' who's 'got his own oligarch here in the state of Texas'

The Democratic nominee for governor slammed the Republican incumbent in harsh terms, presaging a bitter lead-up to an election nearly eight months away.

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