"I was livid about being misled about the police response."
"Yes, I was misled."
"The reality is as horrible as what happened. It could have been worse. The reason it was not worse is because law enforcement officials did what they do. They showed amazing courage by running toward ..."
"There are thousands of laws on the books across the country that limit the owning or using of firearms, laws that have not stopped madmen from carrying out evil acts."
"Remember this: There are thousands of laws on the books across the country that limit the owning or using of firearms. Laws that have not stopped mad men from carrying out evil acts on innocent people..."
"It takes a big person to do something like that. It takes a brave person to do something like that. And do I think these men are brave people? No, I don’t."
"We allocated more than $600 million, more than a half a billion dollars to address school safety. An entire platform that was addressed as what`s called school hardening or hardening schools."
"Officers with the consolidated Independent School District, they approached the gunman and engaged the gunman at that time."
"Texas will not let that happen."
"I’m livid about how I received what was false information about aspects of this attack and response and then how I spread it."
"I was misled. I am livid about what happened. And when I came out here on this stage and told the public what happened, it was a recitation of what people in that room told me."
"My expectation is that the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations which includes the Texas Rangers and the FBI, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty."