Texas governor stopped at campaign fundraiser ‘for hours’ after Uvalde shooting

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said that he stopped at a campaign fundraiser following the deadly school shooting in Uvalde and ‘let people know’ he could not stay, but a newspaper reports that he was there for nearly three hours (Eric Gay/AP)

Sat, 30 Jul, 2022 - 05:58

Associated Press Reporter

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said that he stopped at a campaign fundraiser following the deadly school shooting in Uvalde and “let people know” he could not stay, but a newspaper reports that he was there for nearly three hours.

The Dallas Morning News reported on Thursday that campaign finance reports and flight-tracking records showed Mr Abbott arrived in Huntsville at 4.52pm on May 24 — hours after the shooting at Robb Elementary School — and then was driven about 2 miles to a local supporter’s house. He did not leave the city till 7.47pm.