Figured we all needed this:
President Joe Biden was warmly greeted when he visited Uvalde Sunday, but Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott was loudly booed as he approached the makeshift memorial at the elementary school where 19 children and two teachers were killed last week in a mass shooting.
“Shame on you, Abbott!” a voice could be heard amid the boos and shouts from the crowd fenced off from officials visiting the site.
“Please, Governor, help Uvalde County! We need change! Our children don’t deserve this,” a man shouted. “Our children are under constant attack in this community. We need help.”
The community has become increasingly critical of the Republican governor’s stubborn defense of easy access to guns, including particularly devastating assault rifles like the kind used in the elementary school shooting after they were legally purchased by the 18-year-old gunman.
Abbott joined those gathered at the site seconds after Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, who arrived to applause and cheers. The Bidens, both tearful, could be seen talking to and hugging school officials.
Also, what a fucking scumbag:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday gave two different speeches about gun control that went on at the same time – with two vastly different messages.
One was in Uvalde, speaking to the community impacted by gun violence in the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting; the other was a pre-recorded message to the NRA convention in Houston.
Abbott canceled his in-person appearance at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in the wake of the shooting in Uvalde last Tuesday, in which an 18-year-old shooter killed 19 elementary school students, two teachers and wounded 17 others. He instead held an in-person press conference in Uvalde and sent a pre-recorded message to the NRA audience.
"With regard to a special (legislative) session, let me just say this: all options are on the table," Abbott said, speaking to Uvalde community members about addressing gun violence and calling the status quo "unacceptable."
"Do we expect laws to come out of this devastating crime? The answer is absolutely yes. And there will be laws in multiple different subject areas," Abbott added during the Uvalde press conference. "There will be committees formed, there will be meetings held, there will be proposals that will be derived, many of which will lead to laws that will be passed in the state of Texas."
In contrast, Abbott's pre-recorded speech to the NRA's annual meeting aired at the same time, about 400 miles away in Houston, and diminished the impact of gun control legislation.
"There are thousands of laws on the books across the country that limit the owning and using of firearms, laws that have not stopped madmen from carrying out evil acts on innocent people in peaceful communities," Abbott said in the recorded message.
Beto O’Rourke (D. TX) has been absolutely fucking brutal to Abbott:
FYI, Received this e-mail today from Beto’s campaign:
Greg Abbott has spent the last seven years hurting the people of Texas. From his deadly power grid failure and his foster care crisis, to his attacks on teachers, transgender kids, and a woman’s freedom to control her own body — he has refused to put Texans first.
It's clear, now more than ever, that in order to help all the people that Abbott is hurting, we need to win this election.
Will you join Beto on Thursday at 7 PM CDT for an emergency organizing call? We can only win this election if everyone steps up and joins us right now.
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