Abbott 'livid,' says he was 'misled' on police response to shooting

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Source: The Hill

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he “was misled” and is “livid” over inaccurate information he was given about the police response to the Texas elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers.

During a press conference on Friday hours after police acknowledged they should have engaged with an active shooter at a deadly school shooting, Abbott said he was given incorrect information about the initial response.

“I was misled,” Abbott said. “I am livid about what happened.”

Abbott earlier this week heaped praise on police for their response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

On Friday, he reversed course...

Read more: https://thehill.com/news/state-watch/3504482-abbott-livid-says-he-was-misled-on-police-response-to-shooting/

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Satan, call this man home.

[JCMach1]

1. He should apologize to Beto and the families of the murdered directly then

[Rebl2]

35. Absolutely

[Roy Rolling]

58. Misled?

The buck stops elsewhere? So the coward throws his staff under his own wheels?

Yeah, I can say that. I use a chair now and these guys give disabled people a bad name.

John Lennon said it. “One thing you can’t hide, is when you’re crippled inside”.

Abbott exposed his real disability.

[Rebl2]

64. I didn't say he was misled

I agreed with the post right above mine. The buck stops with incompetent Abbott and he should apologize to the families and for signing such lax gun laws.

[Roy Rolling]

90. Certainly not referring to your post

Abbott claims to be misled is misleading—a leader is the point person in charge. He leads. So how can he be in charge of leading but claim to be a victim of where he led people?

That’s my point, I agree with your post.

[JCMach1]

65. That's vintage Abbott. Got Incompetence? Blame anyone but yourself

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

86. You are correct and

there's a shining example of what the "party of personal responsibility" is REALLY all about.

[Rebl2]

91. That's typical R.for you

Blame everyone else

[Quanto Magnus]

82. The buck stops elsewhere

that is the GOP platform now....

[Warpy]

2. Oh, fuck off, Greg

It's not the cops, it's not the doors, it's not the lack of a security guard, it's not the teachers.

Ity's the GUNS that YOU made it too easy to get.

Fucking coward.

[randr]

3. I'm going out on a limb here

and say this is not the first time he has been lied to. It is the first time it happened so publicly.

[Mr. Evil]

4. Fuck him!

Livid, my ass! He made that massacre possible. Fuck that deranged bastard!

[Cognitive_Resonance]

5. Serial liar and deceiver whines about being misled. That's rich. nt

[yonder]

44. No shit. Like a bully getting his nose bloodied. Waaah.

[agingdem]

6. livid about being misled by the police??

after 19 children and two adults were massacred...that's it??..it's the guns, you callous asshole, not a door, not the cops, not video games, not the shooter's state of mind..an 18 year old kid walked into a gun shop and walked out with a military grade assault weapon because you said he could...this horror is on you, Greg Abbott!

[calimary]

96. Was that the group of police who stood around waiting for some "cue"

to storm the classroom and get the gunman? Nice of ‘em to keep their distance so the mass murderer had enough time and room to finish his work…

[Mr.Bill]

7. I think he prefers to make up his own lies

rather than someone else doing it for him.

[ShazzieB]

13. Well, of course.

He needs to be in control of the messaging, doncha know?

If he's livid, it's because being misinformed caused him to make a fool of himself, and God knows we can't have that!

[Mr.Bill]

25. Funny how that never happens to President Biden

and he's senile, right?

[Dale in Laurel MD]

8. He should be livid!

Usually he does all the misleading himself.

[wnylib]

52. But was he misled? Or did he just make up

the heroic BS story about the cops to present a positive image. Deranged shooter, heroic cops, everything's cool now, could have been worse, let's move on.

I don't think he was misled at all.

[Brenda]

9. I keep seeing 19 kids, 2 teachers

as the death toll. Didn't his grandmother die as well?

And what about all of the injured? I thought I read somewhere that he shot 48 kids! Are they in the hospital? How serious?

[Lochloosa]

15. ....

On May 24, 2022, an 18-year-old man, Salvador Ramos, fatally shot 19 students and 2 teachers and injured 17 others.[

[ShazzieB]

17. No, Grandma survived and managed to run to a neighbor's house to get help.

The neighbor called 911. The last I heard, she was still in the hospital, recovering.

[Brenda]

19. Thanks

Glad she survived. But I know there are at least some kids in the hospital.

Why aren't they included in counts as casualties of this crime?

[They_Live]

31. at least 17 people wounded.

but that is getting almost no coverage from anyone.

[Brenda]

73. Weird

that I thought I heard 43 at some point. But yeah, the media only reports the death toll and that seems to be what people remember. Not the hundreds of thousands of other survivors of these events who are now extremely traumatized and should be counted in the wounded list!

[Rhiannon12866]

66. As of yesterday, 3 children and 3 police officers were still hospitalized

The children were stable or recovering, there was no word on condition of the police officers...

[Brenda]

72. Okay

That's good to hear the number of hospitalized is so low.

[PSPS]

10. "Cracker governor livid because the cover story concocted with his cracker cops was blown"

[pressbox69]

14. There Isn't Enough Crap

In The Whole Wide World to Spread On That Cracker.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

16. Abbot just went to the "School Shooting Massacre" NRA provided manual for the standard lie.

Oops.

[Stuart G]

11. Abbott has been caught lying, and he knows it. Blaming someone else is his way .....to hell!!

He cares only about himself, and no one else. Plain and simple ain't it?

[Peregrine Took]

27. Pathetic little banty rooster. Soon to be relegated to the dump heap of history. n/t

[Deminpenn]

43. Think so too

I think there will still be plenty of people angry about this and fed up with easy access to guns in Nov to oust Abbott.

[Jakes Progress]

12. This line wasn't his idea.

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It is the gun lobby's attempt to turn your attention from the fact that the real villain here is the gun. Just as the news media began focusing on the damage these guns do, we are encouraged to stop thinking about that and get mad at the stupid cops. (Yes, they were stupid and cowardly, but if the killer hadn't had military grade weaponry, this would not have played out this way.)

[Brenda]

21. Damn Straight.

Agree with all you wrote.

[sop]

18. I believe Abbott knew what happened all along, and he was the one who lied to all of us.

He didn't expect the national media would pursue this storyline as aggressively as they have. He assumed everyone would accept the always-popular heroic first responder myth.

Republicans and the NRA are heavily invested in the "good guy with a gun" argument. If that falls apart, they'll be forced to confront the reality that even heavily-armed cops couldn't prevent an 18-year-old from gunning down 19 children.

[TexasBushwhacker]

28. But how many of the victims died instantly

and how many bled to death while the ARMED Barney Fifes were deciding what to do for over 40 minutes?

[Butterflylady]

45. That is the question nobody is asking. How many died that might have been saved because they thought

the shooter was no longer active. On January 6th, 2012 there were 2 suicides that happened from what happed that day, how many will happen from this massacre.

[LuckyLib]

67. Rubes and Keystone Kops. There wasn't one small cluster of

that waited in the hall who said “What are we waiting for?” No leadership, no personal initiative. Not a thinking brain among them.

[TexasBushwhacker]

77. Actually, I read that the federal border patrol officers were ready to go in

and were told to stand down by the officer in charge. Several minutes past and they said SCREW IT and went in. They were the ones who killed him.

[LuckyLib]

84. In the meantime, local guys stood in the hallway contemplating their navels.

Federal Border Patrol swat were the ones saying “Screw it — we’re going in.” The lack of decent decision making is astounding.

[TexasBushwhacker]

85. "Contemplating their navels"?

I was going to say shitting their pants.

In any case, Uvalde is only 80 miles from Mexico and is a checkpoint for travelers coming from the south. Many border patrol agents live in Uvalde, so it's not surprising that they showed up at the school. Thank goodness they did.

[LudwigPastorius]

20. "The Buck Stops...

err...Over There, Somewhere"

Hopefully, the gun humping right wingers will remember Abbott boasting about the "brave" first responders to this shooting when he runs for president.

[keithbvadu2]

22. Let's see who gets fired for such 'lies'....... If anyone.

[IcyPeas]

23. he's livid today? we were livid 3 days ago.

[Turbineguy]

24. I'm reminded of a Paul Newman movie

when he says to his Wife, "Since when has it been possible to insult you?"

[Mr.Bill]

26. He's got a lot to learn if he wants to be republican President material.

He's supposed to double down on what he said or deny he ever said it.

[alwaysinasnit]

29. I think he is livid because of how it might affect his political ambitions.

[AllaN01Bear]

40. i hope , i hope , i hope .

[alwaysinasnit]

42. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed too.

[llashram]

30. He is full of it

it's a spin that throws the police under the bus, where they belong and attempts to keep him clean...I agree with the "please satan call this man to his eternal home" desire...

[FraDon]

32. How many wounded?

And what's their status?

[Evolve Dammit]

33. I'll tell you who is livid: The Americans who aren't gun-humping tongue chewers and care about

our country and the violence our CHILDREN and POC have to experience due to your NRA MAGA cult worship.

[Rhiannon12866]

34. VIDEO: 'I Am Livid': Abbott Says He Was 'Misled' About Police Response To Texas Shooting

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a news conference he was “misled” by police about their response to the Robb Elementary School shooting and that he is “livid” about the inaccuracies in their reporting.

[NCjack]

74. "Whopper" Abbott must resign -- Unworthy of the Office!

[deurbano]

36. As mad as he was at Beto?

[Nululu]

37. Typical. Claim victimhood Abbot. Typical GOP

Does he really believe anyone cares about his whining?

[calimary]

38. Oh boo-hoo, Greggie-poo. Tell me all about it.

You were misled. Yeah, typical. Nothing was YOUR fault. The fault lies with somebody else over there somewhere.

RESIGN, you negligent, irresponsible, gun-humping schmuck.

[intheflow]

80. The buck doesn't stop at Abbott.

And if it looks like it might, he deflects it onto underlings. What a class act!

[AllaN01Bear]

39. pox this (swear) , jerk.

[Aviation Pro]

41. Awww, does Wheels have a sad?

Fuck you, murderer. You're responsible and I give zero fucks about your disability.

[BigmanPigman]

46. FUCK YOU, MURDERER!!!!!!!!!!!!

VOTE HIM OUT!!!!!!!

[towerbum]

95. couldn't said it any better!

[Traildogbob]

47. Ya wanna know who's Livid Asshole????

21 families are pretty damn livid.

[onetexan]

48. The idiot isn't livid that 19 children & 2 teachers died

He's livid that he was misled. WTH is wrong w this picture?

[Initech]

49. Well... whose fault is that?

[Bristlecone]

50. I'm surprised he didn't blame it on Dems yet. That's next I'm sure.

[essaynnc]

54. There's no question about that......

Somehow, faux noos will blame everybody EXCEPT those responsible, and the answers will be More God, and More Guns!!!

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

87. Speaking of God,

someone should ask the fundies down there in Texas where He was at when 21 innocent people (19 of them children) were senselessly gunned down? After all, they say God is everywhere.

[Aussie105]

51. Well, nice turnaround!

One minute:

Our brave police made this situation better by direct action and saved a lot of lives!

To:

What? They stood around and did nothing?

Next shooting: Some 'I just don't care anymore' parent finds a certain gun shop and opens fire?

[essaynnc]

53. Is Livid more or less than Concerned? Just asking......

[azureblue]

83. livid because

he knows his gun policies caused the deaths of these kids and he knows those policies will get tracked back to him. He is livid because he will be blamed..

[Snackshack]

55. He wasn't misled...

He knew the entire time and being the GOPer he is lied through his teeth with w/ his chosen alternative facts. The GOP handle disasters exactly like Russia does. Lie and say everything is great and awesome even though the reactor has completely blown up…FFS.


The post about “Stop asking why the police response was a cluster@$ck.” Is right on, the fish rots from the head down I believe is one sentence in it. What we saw on TV the other day and now video of parents yelling at the cops to go in is the continuation of a massive decline in Americas competency in disaster response since Katrina because the GOP keeps putting “Heckuvajob Browny” people in positions they should are horribly unqualified for and it is costing American lives. Their incompetence or criminality in responding to COVID cost America over 1 million people.

We have yet to see just how disastrous the judicial system is going to become with all the unqualified judges DT & McConnell installed.

[AverageOldGuy]

56. Cry me a river.

This Abbott clown is the same asshole who signed the law allow ANYONE WHO WANTS TO CARRY A CONCEALED WEAPON TO CARRY A CONCEALED WEAPON -- addicts, drug dealers, wife beaters, felons, alcoholics, raving nutjobs . . .

[NoMoreRepugs]

57. Abbott is the consummate victim. Next he'll be crying.

[aggiesal]

59. This is The Onion, right? n/t

[AllyCat]

60. Abbot was in on the planning I am sure.

Bet they were supposed to get some snazzy campaign slogans because they thought this kid was “an illegal”. Conspiracy is welling out of my anger on this. Feel like it was a set up. Or they let it happen.

I’m so angry at the lot of them. All these beautiful families forever separated.

[Cozmo]

61. He wasn't misled, he just said the same old shit they always say. I'm sure he never asked.

[littlemissmartypants]

62. He's not livid. He's scared. He was publicly humiliated because he's soulless and an idiot.

He's so stupid he can't see the transparency of his lies. He's afraid because he's been discovered to be stupid and not in control of the narrative.

The truth is we've always known he's a self involved lame brain. But he thinks he's been able to bamboozle us. Now he's afraid we've seen who he really is and what he really feels because of the cracking of his facade.

He's been playing the concerned, fearless leader role and never credited any of us with the ability to see him for who he really is, a scared, weak, sociopathic, self-centered, rudderless fake.

[cmh]

63. I hope Abbott wakes up one night in a burning house and there is no one around to help him escape

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

88. If it were up to me,

I'd wish for him to be placed on a Gulf sand bar far from shore at low tide. And be left there to face high tide.

[NYC Liberal]

68. Abbott is "livid" because

Pandamanimal @PandamanimalJr 2h
Abbott is "livid" because he got caught regurgitating copaganda for the cameras, and his campaign of misinformation to encourage gun violence in his state was undermined.

Now he has to answer to his Republican-Nazi masters about how he failed to contain the situation.

Link to tweet

[niyad]

76. "copaganda". I am sooooo stealing that.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

89. That is a great term- copaganda!

[King_Klonopin]

69. The frightening reality is that the police CAN"T protect us.

There is too much anger and hatred in our society.
There are too many angry, antisocial people who see mass murder as a justifiable option.

Hatred is cultivated in our country, fomented for political gain, rather than rebuked.
The previous POTUS advocated for violence to overturn an election that he lost.
Last I heard, he was advocating civil war. Evidently, killing doesn't bother him.

There are too many guns, and they are too easily obtained.
There are too many guns designed to annihilate people quickly and in large numbers.

There are NOT ENOUGH police in the country to stop them. It is delusional to think otherwise.
The police are outnumbered and out-gunned. By the time they arrive on scene, the carnage is already over.

Innocent people will continue to be murdered because the police are not able to save us.
We are all vulnerable and at risk to be killed at random -- you, me, children, everyone.

America is the only country defending itself against terrorism by the hands of its own citizens.
Think about that....

Anger, hatred, division, antisocial regard for our fellow citizens, blood lust, and an overabundance of guns
all makes for a putrid recipe for death.

Mr. Abbott should be livid, but for other reasons. AND he should be scared, as well.

[Karma13612]

71. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

It saddens me to read these words.

But never was a truer word written.

[OverBurn]

70. I can imagine the amount of lawsuits that will be after this giant clusterfuck.

Rightfully so, but it want bring back anyone's child. So sad and angry.

[LisaL]

78. Police don't have a duty to protect.

So suing them won't result in any awards. Supreme court ruled police don't have a duty to protect.

[OverBurn]

79. I wasn't sure about the Police, but the school, the state, etc. they'll be ton.

[niyad]

75. Sorry, I talked to my cousin, and He made it very clear that abbattoir and company are NOT

welcome in His domain. He does have standards.

[Bengus81]

81. ASS COVERING 101

In full bloom right now all over Uvalde and other parts of Texas.

[louis-t]

92. "Furious" he was misled.

"Meh" about 19 children and 2 teachers being murdered.

[keithbvadu2]

93. Misled - Caught in his lies

[LetMyPeopleVote]

94. Greg Abbott is booed as he arrives at the memorial outside Uvalde Elementary

Greg was stupid to show up at this event after telling the families that he was not going to do anything to fix this problem. Greg is an asshole and deserved to be booed

Link to tweet