it turns out that texas.
Governor Greg Abbott lied to the people of texas.
In fact lied to everyone in the United States.
Who was wondering where was he following the shooting in Uvalde,
Texas took him several hours to kind of appear and explain where he was.
And it turns out he lied to people because he wanted to spend a few hours over
at a fundraiser.
So let's get to the details here.
The Republican governor who initially said he stopped on the way to Austin to let
people know he couldn't stay visited the fundraiser in Huntsville,
150 miles east of Austin for nearly three hours.
So there there's this interesting technology called a telephone,
a cell phone.
So you don't have to stop at the fundraiser when you're on your way
to let them know that you won't be able to attend the fundraiser.
I mean, that's just common sense.
No, he wanted to go to the fundraiser, he did go to the fundraiser and
he stayed there for three hours because that's what the priority is for lawmakers.
That is what the priority is for people like Abbott gotta fundraise,
that's all that matters.
Who cares that a bunch of Children just got gunned down and
a bunch of authorities in my state stood there and did nothing for over an hour.
The priority here is to raise money for my campaign.
The Republican governor gave an excuse.
That didn't even make any sense.
So Huntsville by the way is not even on the way to Austin from Where he was
at all?
He was coming from Abilene, that's 220 miles northwest of Austin.
Huntsville is about 150 miles east of Austin.
Okay, so you can see that they're even so Abbott.
In an interview, reiterated, he reiterated that he was at
the fundraiser to let people know what was going on in.
You've Aldi and took questions about that at the event, but that's a load of Bs.
Okay, first of all, the, it's hard to fact check him on that.
You know, the idea that he was taking questions about you baldy at
the fundraiser.
It was a private event newly obtained campaign finance reports by the way and
flight tracking records show that Abbott, using northeast texas.
Rancher businessman ricki bakers loaned jet arrived in Huntsville at 4:52 p.m.
On May 24th.
He was driven about two miles to a local supporters house and
didn't depart the city until 7 45 47 PM.
And at the Huntsville event, Abbott may have raised as much as $50,000.
That's all it takes guys $50,000 according to his campaign finance
report covering february 20th to june 30th.
That doesn't include an in kind donation of meal and party expenses
worth almost $6900 from the host Huntsville designer and chef Jeff Bradley.
So Jessica, I mean we've done so
many stories where it's abundantly clear that the fundraising efforts by these
politicians take priority over everything else, including Human Lives.
So on one hand, I'm not really surprised by this, but
what I am surprised by is how these callous individuals keep lying and they
think that they'll never get caught or they'll never be held accountable for it.
>> They're getting more bold as well, right?
You made a decision.
Am I going to go to this fundraiser in person or
address this crisis in the state?
I'm the governor of their getting totally more brazen than they ever have been
before.
It's, it's pretty concerning.
But we don't have to use our imagination too much to figure out why he had to
go in person.
Why couldn't this be a phone call?
Why couldn't it be an email?
Why did he have to show up in person?
Well, firstly, he decided to go, right, because he wants power.
He wants to stay in power.
He needs money from these people.
And the reason he has to have these conversations in person,
I would suspect has something to do with him asking them, you know,
what are your political interest?
What can I do for you?
They make these kind of deals at these fundraisers all the time.
And they're whispering conversations, we don't have to think too hard about why
he needed to be there in person and didn't want to miss this.
And he takes a ton of money.
Takes a ton of money from energy companies and insurance companies.
And seriously, these people ask him for political favors like they do.
I'm sure all politicians at this fundraiser events.
>> Mm-hm, yeah, and Bradley, the person who hosted this got super salty after
reporters wanted to figure out what was going on.
He said, Quote, I would appreciate it if you would refrain from contacting
contacting my guests who attended the dinner in my home, Bradley, who, according
to Ethics Commission Records, has thrown five parties for Abbott since late 2017.
He said this in a text message.
This was a private event.
How dare you.
That's, that's the take.
It's disgusting.