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The Latest Breaking News from Greg Abbott

Texas Governor claims he was ‘misled’ about response to school shooting

Meanwhile, protesters rallied at the annual National Rifle Association convention

Wales Online

In speech to NRA, Trump calls Texas school shooting 'savage and barbaric,' reads name of each victim

HOUSTON — Former President Donald Trump read the name of each of the Uvalde school shooting victims at the start of a speech Friday at the NRA annual convention in Houston and called the shooting a “savage and barbaric atrocity that shocks the conscience of every single American.”

Tribune News Service

As police waited, children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help

UVALDE, Texas — Children inside a Texas elementary school frantically called 911, begging for the police to save them, as a tactical decision by a commander kept 19 officers from storming a classroom in what a law enforcement official acknowledged on Friday was a mistake in judgment.

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Six major police mistakes in the Uvalde shooting have Texans ‘livid’

Police failed at key moments during shooting

The Independent UK

What we do — and don't — know about how Robb Elementary School mass shooting unfolded in Uvalde, Texas

It took police more than 45 minutes to intervene in the school shooting that claimed 21 lives. Now the community is demanding answers.

ABC News

Officials: Texas shooter talked about guns in private chats

Texas authorities say the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers inside an elementary school discussed his interest in purchasing a gun on private social media conversations

The Independent UK

As police waited, children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help

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Texas governor Greg Abbott says he was ‘misled’ by police over their response to Uvalde school attack: ‘I am livid’

Politician previously said police ‘showed amazing courage by running toward gunfire’

The Independent UK

As police waited, children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help

UVALDE, Texas — Children inside a Texas elementary school frantically called 911, begging for the police to enter their classroom and save them, as a team of 19 officers waited in the corridor for almost an hour because a commander believed the situation had shifted from active shooter to a…

Los Angeles Times

Falcons head coach Arthur Smith fails to understand politics in mass shooting comments

Falcons head coach Arthur Smith had well-meaning comments about the Uvalde, Texas school shooting that betrayed a misunderstanding of how politics really work.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Hundreds protest outside NRA convention in Texas days after massacre in Uvalde

HOUSTON — Hundreds of people protested for gun control outside the annual National Rifle Association convention here Friday, days after the country’s latest mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, chanting, “Protect our kids, not guns!” and hoisting signs that read, “No more thoughts and prayers,” and, “Your hobby isn’t worth our…

Los Angeles Times

Texas gun age limits "make no sense"

Uvalde shooting highlights disparities in how federal laws regulate rifles and handguns

Salon

As police waited, children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help

UVALDE, Texas — Children inside a Texas elementary school begged the police to enter their classroom and save them, frantically calling 911, as a team of 19 officers waited in the corridor for an hour because a commander believed the situation had shifted from active shooter to a barricaded subject,…

Los Angeles Times

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is one of America's fiercest gun rights advocates. Now his state is grappling with another school massacre

Texan Governor Greg Abbott has maintained his grip on America's Lone Star state for seven years, and is likely to clinch a third term later this year. For now, he must grapple with yet another mass shooting.

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Salon

Texas hardened schools. It didn't help

Experts say there’s no evidence Republican proposals work to prevent school shootings

Salon

Patrick cancels NRA convention speech

Donald Trump, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, and Sen. Ted Cruz are all still slated to speak at the event

Los Angeles Times

As police waited, children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help

UVALDE, Texas — Children inside a Texas elementary school begged the police to enter their classroom and save them, repeatedly calling 911, as a team of 19 police officers waited in the corridor for an hour because a commander believed the situation had shifted from active shooter to a barricaded…

The Independent UK

Family of girl, 10, killed in Uvalde school shooting refuse to appear with Gov Abbott

‘My Lexi doesn’t even like him,’ said 10-year-old’s mother

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As police waited, children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help

The Guardian - US

NRA holds annual meeting in Texas under cloud of controversy

Texas governor backs out of in-person appearance as protesters descend on gun-rights group’s event

Los Angeles Times

Trump, protests expected at NRA convention in Texas days after Uvalde shooting

HOUSTON — Thousands of people gathered at the downtown convention center here for the controversial annual meeting of the National Rifle Association just days after a mass shooting 270 miles west in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 21 people, including 19 children.

Los Angeles Times

90 minutes of terror: Questions mount over Texas shooting

With pressure mounting to explain the delayed police response to the massacre at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers, Gov. Greg Abbott scrapped plans to attend the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Houston and will travel to the grieving town of Uvalde on Friday…

Texas Observer

Greg Abbott Is Full of Shit

And culpable.

Salon

Greg Abbott will address NRA — by video

"We're in the stage when Republican politicians hide and hope this blows over. Don't let it," advocates warn

WEKU

Caught in a storm of criticism and internal strife, the NRA meets in Houston

This isn't the first time the NRA has held its convention days after a nearby mass shooting. Some politicians and musicians are dropping out, and gun control advocates are preparing protests.

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