Greg Abbott - report

American attorney & politician (born 1957)

Gregory Wayne Abbott is an American politician, attorney, and former jurist serving as the 48th governor of Texas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015 and as a member of the Texas Supreme Court from 1996 to 2001.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Abbott

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Significant news events for Greg Abbott

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been reelected for a third term. He defeated his Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke in what the Dallas Morning News has reported to be a 60.27% majority vote across all 14 Uvalde County precincts.
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Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously against calling on Governor Greg Abbott to grant a rare revision of a person’s criminal record after their death. The panel had initially recommended clearing his slate, but reversed the decision late last year. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis should be charged with kidnapping for sending migrants to liberal areas.
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50 people from Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala were found dead in a trailer. Texas's governor, Greg Abbott, blamed the deaths on Joe Biden's immigration policies. Biden's press secretary said Abbott was playing politics.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott canceled an in-person appearance at the National Rifle Association convention in Houston on Friday. He will instead travel to Uvalde, Texas to speak after the deadly massacre at an elementary school that left 21 people dead. Former president Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz are still scheduled to attend. Democrat Beto O'Rourke, who is challenging Abbott in the 2022 Texas governor's race, said he would be attending a press conference instead.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott's old pro-gun tweet has gone viral. The nearly seven-year-old tweet read: "I'm EMBARRASSED: Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind CALIFORNIA. Let’s pick up the pace Texans" Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke interrupted Abbott's press conference on the Uvalde school shooting.