Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since January 20, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Abbott previously served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015. He is the third governor of any U.S. state to permanently use a wheelchair. He is also the first disabled governor in Texas history.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) has called for the resignation of Bexar County Republican Party Chair Cynthia Brehm after she floated a deranged conspiracy theory on her Facebook page suggesting the death of George Floyd was part of a plot to hurt President Donald Trump, reports The Texas Tribune.
In a since-deleted Facebook post from this week, Brehm asked for her friends’ thoughts on a theory that Floyd’s death was a “staged event,” apparently to gin up opposition to President Donald Trump and