Greg Abbott

Greg Abbott is the current Republican Governor of Texas. He is newsworthy due to two recent events highlighted in the provided articles. First, Texas is bracing for a major winter storm expected to bring snow and ice to the eastern two-thirds of the US. Abbott's role involves coordinating state resources and potentially declaring a state of emergency to mitigate the storm's impact. Second, following a similar move by Abbott in November, Florida's Governor DeSantis declared the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a US Muslim civil rights group, a foreign terrorist organization. This action, mirroring Abbott's earlier decision, has drawn attention and raises questions about the authority of state governments to designate terrorist organizations, a power typically reserved for the federal government. Abbott's actions in Texas regarding CAIR are therefore relevant in understanding the context of Florida's recent decision.