AUSTIN — Two Republican state legislators on Friday urged Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session in wake of the Uvalde school massacre. In a tweet,...
Later Friday, Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said the party supports the push for a special session.
In response to past mass shootings, Abbott, a Republican, has rejected Democrats’ calls for a special session. Instead, Abbott hasMeanwhile, the GOP-led Legislature has steadily chipped “But in the 87th Legislature, we didn’t do anything from a legislative point of view to keep it from happening,” he said. “And it’s going to happen again, we know that, and what can we do to lessen the chance.”
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