At a news conference on the elementary school slaughter in Uvalde, Texas, the Republican mayor, Don McLaughlin, called Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke a “sick son of a bitch” for interrupting and blasting Gov. Greg Abbott for “doing nothing” about gun violence.
Here’s McLaughlin talking a year ago about immigration on May 24, 2021, via Texas Scorecard (my emphasis):
Over the weekend, the mayor of Uvalde—a Texas town near the Mexican border—appeared on Tucker Carlson Today to give a closeup analysis of the border crisis.
Mayor Don McLaughlin discussed how Biden’s border policy has resulted in virtually open borders, leading to a crime increase and endangering everyone from police to school children.
“We’re having to lock down our schools … about once a week, because almost every one of those cars has armed” occupants, he stated.
The only commentary I am in the mood to write about that would get me banned. But I will add this:
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