“This is on you until you choose to do something different,” Beto O’Rourke said.
Democrat Beto O’Rourke interrupts a news conference headed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in Uvalde, Texas, on May 25, 2022.
Former Democratic Congress member Beto O'Rourke on Wednesday interrupted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's news conference to criticize his response to the Uvalde school shooting that killed"Governor, I have to say something," O'Rourke, who is running to replace Abbott, said as he approached the stage."You're doing nothing. You're offering us nothing. You said this was not predictable — this is totally predictable when you choose to do nothing.
Abbott praised the response of law enforcement and called the shooter a"demented person" with"evil in his heart." Abbott then centered his comments around mental health, stating that local officials had stressed a problem with mental health in the community. The comments came as the US is sure to debate ways to address what has become an endemic repetition of mass shootings, a uniquely American tragedy that sparks national debate over gun control laws, but has time and again lead to no meaningful legislation in states or the federal level.
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