O'Rourke confronts Abbott at press conference on Texas school shooting

[mia]

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke confronted Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) at a press conference in Uvalde on Wednesday following the elementary school shooting that left 21 people, including 19 children, dead....

“You are doing nothing,” O’Rourke said, only feet away from Abbott. “You said this was not predictable, this was totally predictable, and you choose not to do anything.”

Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin could be heard yelling, “sir you are out of line. Please leave this auditorium.”

“You’re out of line,” McLaughlin shouted. “I can’t believe you’re a sick son of a bitch who would come to a deal like this to make a political issue.”

https://thehill.com/news/campaign/3501422-orourke-confronts-abbott-at-press-conference-on-texas-school-shooting/

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Beto speaks to the press

Link to tweet

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Only thing I disagree with?

"This one is on us".

Beto - YOU didn't do it. Stand your ground. THEY did it.

[crickets]

8. Agreed. nt

[mia]

3. Thanks for this report.

The press conference just ended.

[Ohio Joe]

6. +1

You should make that an OP

[FarPoint]

18. Is Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin....

a republican? Sounds like it to me...couldn't find a verification on line.

[TexasTowelie]

29. Municipal offices in Texas are non-partisan. nt

[Horse with no Name]

33. That's what they say anyways

In my experience, they generally are very partisan.

[madaboutharry]

4. Now we know that the Mayor of Uvalde is an asshole.

Fuck all these republican shitheads.

[gay texan]

5. FINALLY

This is how you fight!!!!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

39. +1,000,000,000,000...

[mia]

43. Yes!

Well said!

[RaDaR63]

45. But, I doubt it's how to win.

[ck4829]

50. Either way, he's showing more leadership than all the people on that stage combined

Shadow leader since the system's rigged for Republicans anyway.

[Pas-de-Calais]

7. Watched the presser this morning,

Was wondering who was shouting at Beto.
Beto wasn’t making a political statement, he was stating FACT. The town’s Mayor was eating up all press, lights, meeting Reps, Senators etc.

Thought & prayers crap from Gop yet again.

Enough talk

Action is needed

[FakeNoose]

9. God Bless Beto! He's been fighting this fight for a long time

[moonshinegnomie]

10. every time abbott,paxton,cruz,patrick and the like show up they should be called out as child killer

they are no different than if they pulled the trigger themselves

[LaMouffette]

11. Just because Beto is running for governor does NOT make what he said "political"! It's the truth,

plain and simple. Not only are they doing nothing, but they are passing gun laws to make it worse.

And that's the GOP's favorite comeback whenever they are criticized after a school shooting: "The Democrats are making this tragedy all political! How DARE they talk about taking action to prevent another school shooting at a solemn moment like this!!!"

Thank you, Beto O'Rourke! You have such courage and are one of my many Democratic heroes.

I do wish that there had been a massive number of regular citizens there at that moment to back up Beto and begin a chant of "You are doing nothing!"

[SoCalDavidS]

12. Beto Is Like A Black Man Crashing A Klan Rally

I'm surprised they didn't call him Uppity.

[ck4829]

49. Ha

[SoCalDavidS]

13. I Know Violence Is Frowned Upon

But I would have been fine if Beto had gone on stage and started decking some of those pieces of shit.

[jcgoldie]

14. theres no justice in the universe...

... if someone doesn't punch ted cruz in the face at some point that much is certain.

[Paladin]

19. The sooner the better. It's way the hell overdue. (nt)

[erronis]

27. Wash your fist after the punch. We all know where that face has been stuck to.

[paleotn]

40. Couldn't agree more.

[mia]

44. !!

Well said!

[Dukkha]

41. Not with me it isn't

What I severely frown upon is cowardice and there is no lower chicken shit coward then the disgusting pile of filth Ted Cruz who'd rather bend over and take it from TFG than grow a spine and act like a man.

[ck4829]

48. Definitely some wounded pride and egos on that stage

[Polybius]

53. Then he'd get decked worse

He can't take on the state police and security by himself.

[bucolic_frolic]

15. Emotion and outrage is how you eject incumbents in a democracy

Republicans know they're cornered, they're hiding behind rhetoric as the republic burns.

[otchmoson]

16. Did anyone notice?

Did anyone notice that when Abbott was asked if he planned to attend the NRA conference in Houston this weekend, he did NOT say he would not; instead he mumbled something about just taking things one day at a time. Wouldn't dare offend his paymaster in such a public forum, would he?

[OMGWTF]

22. Recall who is funding the NRA, our enemy Russia. This is about the downfall of America from within

and these Rethuglican monsters are Russia's enablers, accomplices, and cheerleaders. Make the Rethuglican party go the way of the Whigs. The Democrats can become the new sane Republican party and the Greens, et al. can be the new Dems. It's got to happen, or humanity will die a fugly death due to wars, greed, climate disasters, pandemics, food shortages, unpotable water, radioactive oceans, etc.

[erronis]

28. Yup. The NRA is a paid-for mouthpiece of russia/putin and in alliance with the fascist plutocrats

in the US.

[Deminpenn]

26. Cornyn and Crenshaw are skipping it

nt

[flying_wahini]

42. The probably already got their NRA check.

And for the record Cornyn is a big coward.

[ck4829]

47. Sickening

[Jakes Progress]

17. Let's see if the people of Uvalde reelect that mayor.

Stupid, scared, nasty, selfish, immoral voters are the problem. Abbot wouldn't be in office if assholes didn't vote him in. Cruz would have been gone years ago if stupid people in Texas were decent and caring. But the stupid people seem to be the majority. And they are nasty.

[Brother Buzz]

20. Good Trouble, Baby!

[ananda]

21. Well, I think we all know who the sick sob's are, and ...

they are all Republican!

[Lunabell]

23. This whole shit show IS political!!!

These babies died because republicans are allowed to run every show.

[SunSeeker]

24. Thank you Beto!!!

[dchill]

25. "...who would come to a deal like this to make a political issue."

This is EXACTLY why these NRA/GOPers are there.

[AdamGG]

30. This is great, but...

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I'm not sure if launching a gubernatorial campaign in Texas on the signature issue of gun control can be that effective.

Beto's totally, totally right, but he needs to transition to attacking Abbott on many other issues as well and not have this be a prominent single issue.

[Martin68]

31. This is an issue we can win with if we push it hard enough.

[concretebluetwo]

32. "I can't believe you're a sick son of a bitch who would come to a deal like this to make a political

I wish Dems would start responding with: "How is this NOT a "political issue"?" and then read the definition of "politics" from the dictionary. And then challenge the accuse to explain how school mass murders are NOT a political issue.
To me this would be the ONLY appropriate response.

[Torchlight]

34. Kicking this. O'Rourke owned Abbott in that moment.

I think O'Rourke inadvertently kicked the TX campaign season into directions no one will be able to guess at.

[jcgoldie]

37. you couldn't even hear what he was saying but

Where'd the tv cameras go? They followed him into the parking lot... The lasting image of that encounter is Abbott rote reading "thoughts and prayers" and Beto with his finger pointing up at him saying this is not fucking good enough.

[duhneece]

35. Omaha Steve, DU link for Beto donations?

I’m going to have to reward him for lifting me up.

[Emile]

36. Gov. Greg Abbott is the one politicizing this. Sick SOB!

[kacekwl]

38. The sight of all those useless pricks on stage

makes me physically ill. If anyone is out of line mayor it's you and your child killers standing with you. Go Beto.

[ck4829]

46. K&R

[PufPuf23]

51. Those sick son of bitches on the podium will be dead when

Beto is in his prime and we will all be better then.

[summer_in_TX]

52. The power dynamic in Uvalde has

the Mayor (white) and two council members (white) with three Latino council members. Yet it's 70 percent Latino.

The Mayor speaks for the city, creates the agenda. He may not vote unless there's a tie, but little happens unless he's okay with it, I feel sure.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

54. Those despicable, sick motherfuckers daring to criticize Beto for speaking out.

Who was the twisted bastard calling Beto "a sick SOB" for making this, "a political issue."

Those evil hypocrites.

[niyad]

55. Did anybody else notice that there were almost no people in the auditorium other than the bs'ers and

the media?