witch hunt, this is genuine concern for children. it s abuse. it is grooming behavior. it s predatory. reporter: the anger is largely aimed at school libraries, and many texas politicians are on board. in october, republican state legislature matt krause requested every school district in the state scour their libraries for a list of 850 books. the list where the pattern seems to be books that are representative of lbgtq subjects and characters and topics. books that may contain depictions or narratives of sexual violence, survivor stories. some books that are about racism. reporter: the list includes new kid a novel about a black student s struggles fitting in in a majority struggles. the letter q, letters written to themselves and the cider house
stories, some books that are about racism. the list includes new kid, a graphic novel about a black kid s struggle about fitting in a white majority. the will thor q, queer writer notes and the cider house rules about abortions. governor abbott has taken this further ordering an investigation after complaints about two lbgtq books that he said had pornographic. i ve never experienced like that before where a government agency or any kind of government entity was interested in specifically what kinds of books were in the library. the texas library association is traditionally a pretty sleepy advocacy group, but the heated rhetoric is forcing that to change.