Editorial: Big charges, scant proof from Abbott Express-News Editorial Board FacebookTwitterEmail Gov. Greg Abbott politicized a model local response to the border crisis. He never showed concern before.Jessica Phelps /Staff photographer Clarification: This editorial has been updated to reflect that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has forwarded a complaint to other entities for investigation. By now, it has become painfully clear Gov. Greg Abbott will play the increase in migrant for all it is politically worth, even if that means using a compassionate local response as a prop. In his April 7 news conference, set against the backdrop of the Freeman Coliseum, Abbott, flanked by Stetson-wearing Texas Rangers, dramatically announced anonymous allegations of sexual abuse and neglect.