Democratic gubernatorial candidate characterized incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott as an 'authoritarian thug' with his 'own oligarch[s] here in the state of Texas' within the gas industry, at Saturday's SXSW music and media event in Austin.In an hour-long interview with Texas Tribune CEO and co-founder Evan Smith, former congressman and presidential candidate O'Rourke detailed Abbott's 'extremism and fringe politics' that he said were 'deeply hurting the people of the state of Texas.' 'I just had a chance to meet with the ambassador from the EU [],' O'Rourke said at the top of the interview.
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