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Greg Abbott: “The federal buoys were that moved because of the flooding…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Deadly Texas Flooding: Gov. Abbott update in Uvalde

Published | Video Starts at 22:06

I'm going to tell you what I know and I'm telling you in advance that I don't have all the information so I could be wrong about what I'm about to tell you. But it's my understanding that The federal buoys were that moved because of the flooding event, were actually not in the river, but the waters pulled them into the river and they went downstream. Bottom line, however, for the federal buoys, the federal officials are the ones involved in removing those buoys. (22:06–22:18)

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Asserts that federal buoys were moved into the river by floodwaters and went downstream.

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