AP Exclusive: Texas governor to miss Republican convention
Spokesman Matt Hirsch told The Associated Press on Tuesday that doctors said it would be "irresponsible" for Abbott to travel, including to the gathering celebrating presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Abbott, who became governor last year, suffered what his office termed a "minor infection" after sustaining second- and third-degree burns on both legs below the knee and both feet on Thursday, while vacationing with his family in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
The governor endorsed the Republican presidential bid of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, his former colleague at the state attorney general's office, but now says he will back Trump.