Greg Abbott was born on November 13, 1957 in Wichita Falls, Texas, USA. He has been married to Cecilia Phalen since August 15, 1981. They have one child.
[on the 2022 Uvalde school massacre] Let me emphasize something that I know you all know. The reality is, as horrible as what happened, it could have been worse.
[after the 2023 Allen, Texas mass shooting] What Texas is doing in a big-time way, we are working to address that anger and violence but going to its root cause, which is addressing the mental health problems behind it