Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for Convention of States to take back states’ rights

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott supports a Convention of States, as a solution to the nation’s overrun bureaucratic government. The Dallas Morning News shares the story:

Gov. Greg Abbott, aiming to spark a national conversation about states’ rights, said Friday that he wants Texas to lead the call for a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution and wrest power from a federal government “run amok.”

“If we are going to fight for, protect and hand on to the next generation, the freedom that [President] Reagan spoke of … then we have to take the lead to restore the rule of law in America,” Abbott said during a speech at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Policy Orientation that drew raucous applause from the conservative audience. He said he will ask lawmakers to pass a bill authorizing Texas to join other states calling for a Convention of States.

Along with the speech, Abbott released a nearly 70-page plan – part American civics lesson, part anti-Obama diatribe – detailing nine proposed constitutional amendments that he said would unravel the federal government’s decades-long power grab and restore authority over economic regulation and other matters to the states.

“The irony for our generation is that the threat to our Republic doesn’t come just from foreign enemies, it comes, in part, from our very own leaders,” Abbott said in a speech that took aim at President Obama, Congress and the judicial branch.

Gov. Abbott, we couldn’t agree with you more. We appreciate your support, your plan, and your initiative. It is proactive leaders like Gov. Abbott that have the ability and tenacity to change our nation for the better.

Abbott joins a long list of famous political endorsers, including Mark Levin, Andrew McCarthy, Michael Farris and many more.