Uvalde school shooting: Texas governor attended fundraising event as police dealt with aftermath of massacre – By Siba Jackson (Sky News) / July 30, 2022
Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, reportedly spent almost three hours at a fundraising event in his bid to win a third term in office – on the same day 19 children and two teachers were killed during the Uvalde school shooting.
Texas governor Greg Abbott reportedly spent almost three hours at a fundraiser for his re-election campaign after the Uvalde school shooting unfolded – amid criticism the event was not cancelled.
Mr Abbott said he stopped at the event on 24 May to inform people he couldn’t stay because he wanted to continue his “collaboration with Texas law enforcement” after the massacre at Robb Elementary School.
But campaign finance reports and flight tracking records show the Republican politician arrived in Huntsville at 4.52pm, before being driven to a local supporter’s home around two miles away.
He didn’t leave the city until 7.47pm, according to the Dallas Morning News.
