According to his office, Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, will not attend the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting. Citing the reason of his hectic schedule also, a trip to Ukraine. The Texas congressman’s staff informed the NRA on Tuesday morning that he would not be attending the gathering where he was due to speak.

Crenshaw’s decision not to attend the conference was taken before the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.  Because he would be in Ukraine for the remainder of the week on a trip that “came together quite rapidly,” according to his office.

In the news of Tuesday, Salvador Ramos, 18, opened fire at the Texas elementary school, killing 19 children and two adults. Making it the bloodiest school shooting since Sandy Hook in 2012. On Tuesday in Kyiv, Crenshaw and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., were the first American politicians to visit the US embassy. Since it reopened last week after being closed soon before Russia invaded.

The two congressmen will meet with mayors from several communities that have been affected by the war. As well as the Ukrainian ministries of defense, interior, and international affairs. The NRA’s annual conference will be placed in the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston from Friday through Sunday. Following a pause during the epidemic, Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend.

Crenshaw was scheduled to appear at the Institute for Legislative Action’s Leadership Forum, with Governors Greg Abbott and Kristi Noem, Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, and North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson.

Former President Trump, who has been chastised by gun control supporters, will also speak at the event.

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