Gov. Greg Abbott and other officials greeted the president and first lady. A stark divide over gun violence was an implicit backdrop to the occasion.
Only 12 days after visiting a community center in Buffalo, New York, following a mass shooting that claimed 10 lives at a supermarket, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in Texas on Sunday morning to console victims of the deadliest school shooting in Texas history.
The president and first lady were greeted by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas first lady Cecilia Abbott, Republican U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of San Antonio, Uvalde County Judge Bill Mitchell and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin.
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