Jordan Moreau Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke crashed Gov. Greg Abbott’s press conference on Wednesday where state officials were meeting to discuss the Tuesday shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were killed by a gunman.Videos showed O’Rourke approaching the stage where Abbott, Sen.
Ted Cruz and more politicians were convening after Tuesday’s tragedy. O’Rourke, who will challenge Abbott in the Texas gubernatorial election, reportedly interrupted the proceedings after Abbott blamed the shooting on the country’s mental health crisis.“You are doing nothing,” O’Rourke said after he approached the stage. “You said this was not predictable; this is totally predictable.” Several Texas officials immediately berated O’Rourke for interrupting the press conference, and several members of the audience shouted out at him. “He needs to get his ass out of here.
This isn’t the place to talk this over. Sir, you’re out of line. Please leave this auditorium. I can’t believe you’re a sick son of a bitch that would come to a deal like this to make a political issue,” one person on stage yelled at O’Rourke.As sheriffs escorted O’Rourke out of the building, he pointed to the stage and said, “It’s on you.”"It's on you."In a striking moment, Texas gubernatorial candidate @BetoORourke interrupts Gov.
Greg Abbott's press conference about the Uvalde shooting. pic.twitter.com/jINIAave6Y— The Recount (@therecount) May 25, 2022Outside, O’Rourke talked with reporters and brought up Abbott’s inaction after the 2019 El Paso shooting where a gunman killed 23 people at a Walmart.“He came to my hometown of El Paso after 23 people were slaughtered.
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