After Allen shooting, Abbott should unite Texans not inflame anti-immigrant fears (Editorial)
replete with misogynistic and racist rhetoric. According to an unnamed official who spoke to the Associated Press, the shooter wore a patch on his chest that read"RWDS," an acronym for “Right Wing Death Squad."
To be sure, Abbott addressed the shooting briefly, going on Fox News to repeat the party line after mass shootings: It’s not the guns, it’s mental health. The military theater plays well for Abbott. While the federal government has also dispatched forces in preparation for the likely increase in migrants at the border, Abbott has criticized them as merely doing"." His force would be armed and ready for conflict. Steeped in military rhetoric, Abbott's approach feeds the fear that too often leads to the very anger and violence he claims to want to address.
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