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.
VOICES: Abbott doesn’t care
Dora Mendoza, grandmother to victim Amerie Jo Garza, wipes tears from her eyes as she pays respects to her granddaughter and others at a memorial site for the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting, Thursday, May 26, in Uvalde. (Kin Man Hui/The San Antonio Express-News via AP) Republicans in Texas are most embarrassed by the state’s cheating, scandal-plagued, criminally-indicted attorney general, Ken Paxton, who just survived a bruising primary and runoff.
They also wince whenever Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller opens his mouth, gets another Jesus shot or posts another Islamophobic, homophobic, transphobic or other-phobic bit of drivel on social media.
He, too, just survived a primary challenge from an East Texas Republican who has backed bills calling for a referendum on Texas to secede.
But do you want to know who should really embarrass them? What should really embarrass them is the guy who said at a Wednesday, May 25, press conference after a mass shooting that killed 19 babies and two teachers at a fucking elementary school in Uvalde “could’ve been worse.” That man is Gov.
