Gov. Abbott did not attend funerals for Uvalde victims: Report

According to his schedule, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) did not attend any funerals for the 21 victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which left 19 children and two teachers dead, the Houston Chronicle reports.

The schedule, running from May 25 to June 15 and obtained in a records request by ABC's KXXV 25, shows Abbott's last visit to Uvalde to be a community worship event on June 5. Missing from the document "is any mention of Uvalde victim funerals," the last of which was on June 16, the Chronicle writes.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.