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O'Rourke buses Uvalde families to Edinburg for debate as Abbott derides him as 'con man'
At the only debate between Greg Abbott and Beto, there will be no audience or live press. The press will be in a separate room and Greg is terrified of facing live voters who have not been prescreened,
Beto has brought Uvalde family members to this event. Greg is hiding from these family members because it is clear that Greg never cared about these family members.
Link to tweet
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/election/2022/article/O-Rourke-buses-Uvalde-families-to-Edinburg-for-17478125.php?utm_campaign=sftwitter&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral
Hours before Beto O’Rourke and Gov. Greg Abbott took the stage for their first and only debate, families of children killed during the Uvalde school shooting made a show of force outside the theater where the debate will be held, once again demanding more action on reforming gun laws.
Families held two different press conferences — one with O'Rourke — blasting Abbott for not calling a special session of the Texas Legislature to address gun violence and for not allowing them in the audience as the debate is broadcast on Friday night from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
“He has repeatedly refused to enact stricter gun laws,” said Kimberly Rubio, the mother of 10-year-old Lexi who was among the 19 children and two teachers killed in their classroom at Robb Elementary on May 24.
Other family members of Uvalde victims like Gloria Cazaras, whose daughter Jackie was killed that day, said Texas should raise the age to buy weapons like the AR-15 that was used by the killer to massacre the children at Robb Elementary.
The shooter was 18 at the time of the killings. Florida, New York and California have already raised the age to buy those weapons to 21, but Abbott has said he believes it could be unconstitutional to do in Texas.
Families held two different press conferences — one with O'Rourke — blasting Abbott for not calling a special session of the Texas Legislature to address gun violence and for not allowing them in the audience as the debate is broadcast on Friday night from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
“He has repeatedly refused to enact stricter gun laws,” said Kimberly Rubio, the mother of 10-year-old Lexi who was among the 19 children and two teachers killed in their classroom at Robb Elementary on May 24.
Other family members of Uvalde victims like Gloria Cazaras, whose daughter Jackie was killed that day, said Texas should raise the age to buy weapons like the AR-15 that was used by the killer to massacre the children at Robb Elementary.
The shooter was 18 at the time of the killings. Florida, New York and California have already raised the age to buy those weapons to 21, but Abbott has said he believes it could be unconstitutional to do in Texas.
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