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For 5 weeks, 'the Abbott family,' @GovAbbott's inner circle of aides, has convulsed w/shock, worry over a public pillorying of one of their own: new Texas Secretary of State David Whitley. His list of possible noncitizen voters stirred passions #txlege 1/5 dallasnews.com/news/texas-pol…
W​ho is he? Almost a surrogate son to Greg and Cecilia Abbott. When the Abbotts met w/Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year, Whitley (at left) was only non-security aide they took with them into the meeting. Read my Whitley profile: #txlege 2/5 dallasnews.com/news/texas-pol…
Whitley's a lanky South Texan with a toothy grin and self-effacing manner. He connected w/Team Abbott when his older brother roomed w/future Abbott chief of staff Daniel Hodge. Whitley became Abbott's advance man, then travel aide. They bonded #txlege 3/5 dallasnews.com/news/texas-pol…
Before David Whitley and wife Megan (next to him in AP photo) got hitched, Greg Abbott initiated a counseling session with them on the 'potential pitfalls' of David's being a married law student. It was 'life-changing meeting,' David says. ​#txlege 4/5 dallasnews.com/news/texas-pol…
In October, a key influencer died-Whitley's maternal grandfather Gordon "Bud" Smith of Alice, TX. He ran the food pantry, and David Whitley often helped. Pic of "Papa" can be seen at bottom of this link: alicevolunteers.org/page2.shtml
#txlege ​5​/5 (Profile has @LandisImages pics!)
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