Greg Abbott Threatens New Showdown With Joe Biden Administration
Governor Abbott has developed into a significant thorn in President Biden's side in recent months, challenging the White House on a range of policy areas including education and how to control irregular immigration.
Earlier this month he wrote an open letter instructing Texas universities and public colleges to "ignore" the Title IX revision, which he argued would "impose a leftists belief and erase advancements our state has made."On Monday Abbott shared an article on X, formerly Twitter, from local radio network KTRH which, citing news website Texas Scorecard, claimed Texas A&M "is planning to implement Joe Biden's radical Title IX rewrite this summer.""Woke Texas A&M Plans To Implement Biden’s Controversial Title IX Rewrite."If they do, if they act contrary to state policy, they are jeopardizing state funding, including money from the PUF fund.Bowing to the leftist agenda will reap consequences.https://t.co/wEZ5ffMTwsAbbott added: "If they do, if they act contrary to state policy, they are jeopardizing state funding, including money from the PUF fund."Bowing to the leftist agenda will reap consequences."Newsweek contacted Texas A&M University and Governor Abbott's office for comment at around 2:30 a.m.
ET on Tuesday. This article will be updated if either decides to comment.In a statement sent to WTAW radio after receiving Abbott's letter Texas A&M University said it "complies with all federal and state laws and regulations, as well as Texas A&M System policy."They continued: "The recent updates to Title IX regulations will require extensive changes to our current operations, and our AVP of Title IX Compliance appropriately initiated steps toward the need to comply with a new federal regulation that goes into effect on Aug.
