claim: greg abbott "heads up a party whose platform calls for the repeal of the voting rights act."
author: wendy davis
evidence_1: jun 15, 2018 ... greg abbott addresses the crowd at the texas gop convention in san antonio  on friday. ... the delegates vote on a party chairman and then begin debate on ...  matt largey explaining the amendment, i'll sum up: it took the power to ... the  party, of course, calls for an end to the affordable care act. but it ...
evidence_2: mar 6, 2015 ... on march 7, 1965, alabama state troopers beat civil rights marchers in selma,  ala. .... victor) greg abbott that he "heads up a party whose platform calls ... voter  rights act of 1965, codified and updated in 1973, be repealed ...
evidence_3: jan 19, 2018 ... you would think a blue demon is chasing governor greg abbott in his ... in the  2014 republican primary and received 1.46 percent of the vote. ... a weather  emergency, doesn't call to say, 'gee, what can the state do to help ... texans for  vaccine choice, tea party activists, and the governor. ..... roger head.
evidence_4: greg abbott has benefitted from "payday lenders who have given him $300,000  and then received a ruling from him that they can operate in a loophole in the law  that allows them to charge unlimited rates and fees." ... greg abbott "heads up a  party whose platform calls for the repeal of the voting rights act.".
evidence_5: jul 10, 2017 ... “it was a complete rout of a political party,” miller said. ... in may, 2003, the  redistricting plan came up for a vote in the texas .... when the current governor,  the staunchly conservative greg abbott, ..... if ramos said yes, it could trigger  federal monitoring of the state's election laws under the voting rights act.