Live updates: Dan Patrick backpeddles comment, says police inaction in Uvalde 'may have' cost lives
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick walked back comments he made during a Fox News interview Saturday morning. In a tweet Saturday night, he said he meant to say he thought police's decision to not go into Robb Elementary sooner"may have" cost lives. Earlier, he said it did cost lives."Talking back & forth with the host I didn’t realize it until later," he wrote."The investigation of that time period is still ongoing.
Mounir said he is for protecting the Second Amendment and schools by arming guards but also making sure guns aren't a constant of American life. “People don't understand what it is like,” Mounir said. “Youre cowering under a desk and they don't tell you if it's real.” What's less clear, at least for now, is how to bridge the gap between the decidedly different perspectives on display in downtown Houston.About 20 black and yellow clad Proud Boys are being kept divided from the 200 or so protesters outside the George R. Brown Convention Center.
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