Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to send National Guard troops to San Antonio may be the Republican state leader’s way of signaling disapproval for the outcome of last weekend’s mayoral election, political experts said. Southern Methodist University political scientist Cal Jillson said Abbott’s decision, in part, may be payback for San Antonio’s rejection of conservative Rolando Pablos — a candidate heavily funded by an Abbott-aligned PAC — in Saturday’s mayoral runoff. Instead, voters chose Gina Ortiz Jones, a progressive who served in the Biden administration, by an 8-point margin.
