Yesterday afternoon Texas Governor Greg Abbott, state public safety officials, and the mayor of Uvalde held a presser to update the public about the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School where 19 kids were shot and killed by Salvador Ramos. Two teachers were also killed. Ramos shot his grandmother in the face before starting his rampage; the grandmother miraculously survived. Ramos was a loner, angry, and reportedly was known to local officials. He worked as an evening manager at the local Wendy’s and purchased two long guns. He was 18. It was a legal purchase. These details were going to be outlined by law enforcement officials, but Beto O’Rourke decided to crash the presser and turn the whole event into a fiasco.
When Democrat Beto O'Rourke confronted Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott during a press conference Wednesday in the wake of a mass school shooting that left 19 children and two adults dead, he was shouted down for making the tragedy political.
"There are family members who are crying as we speak, there are family members whose hearts are broken, there is no words that anybody shouting can come up here and do anything to heal those broken hearts," said Abbott. "We all, every Texan, every American has the responsibility. We need to focus not on ourselves and our agendas."
This is, of course, the common response when these events happen. Politicians -- usually Republicans -- insist that it's not the time to discuss gun-related public policies after a mass shooting. And that anyone who does so is somehow dishonoring the memories of those who have been lost.
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