Greg Abbott: “Uvalde was hit very, very hard.”

“But I'll be honest with you, driving around in Uvalde, the damage looks far worse on the ground than it does in the air. The fact of the matter is Uvalde was hit very, very hard. But the community and the people of this community are strong and resilient. As one official in the room behind me put it in the briefing, he said that we are rougher than Mother Nature.” (00:18–00:23)

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