Gov Abbott in Tyler for Town Hall

TYLER — Governor Abbott has announced he will take part in a statewide televised town hall meeting on Thursday, August 15th at the University of Texas at Tyler. The event will be from 7-8 p.m. An important topic that will be discussed during the event will be the El Paso shooting that left 22 dead and 24 injured. Many politicians and voters are asking for changes in gun control and red flag laws and Gov. Abbott will speak on the future plans in Congress.

The hour-long town hall will air live on Nexstar stations across the state in addition to streaming on local Nexstar station websites.

Governor Abbott calls it an opportunity to talk about the successes of the legislative session. Rice University Political Scientist Mark Jones thinks this rare town hall is an opportunity for Abbott to campaign for down-ballot Republicans running in 2020.