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Gov. Greg Abbott did not attend funerals for any of the Uvalde shooting victims
State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who represents Uvalde, says the governor has not been to the...
www.chron.com
"Gov. Greg Abbott did not attend a single funeral for any of the 19 children or two teachers killed mass shooting at Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, according to his schedule, which was obtained through an open records request by ABC News. In a Monday interview with MSNBC, state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who represents Uvalde, criticized Abbott for not returning to the South Texas town, and alleged that Abbott has not been back since May 29 when President Joe Biden also visited a public vigil in Uvalde, rather than June 5 as the governor's schedule suggests.
Gutierrez's statements align with recent statements from some of the shooting victims' families. During a July 13 news conference, Angel Garza, father of 10-year-old victim Amerie Jo Garza, alleged that "since this happened, Gov. Abbott has yet to reach out." Garza added that Sen. Ted Cruz, who also attended some prayer vigils for victims, similarly failed to reach out to victims' families. "We've had Sen. Gutierrez in our living room, willing to come and talk to us," Garza said. "We've had Beto O'Rourke coming to our private meeting to fight with us. He marched with us. That means something to us. The fact that you're reaching out just to see how we're doing means something to us.
Garza continued in a direct appeal to Texas voters: "Everybody that's getting ready to vote, I want you guys to know that. These guys don't have compassion for us. They don't care. [Abbott] doesn't care that all these children were murdered and these teachers were murdered. Y'all need to realize that." In recent interviews, Uvalde Mayor Don McLauglin said that he has repeatedly called on Abbott to return to Uvalde to speak with grieving family members. During a press conference Sunday, McLaughlin said he had not heard from the governor in four weeks."
Be honest, take your party uniform off and put down your poms poms -- and ask yourself -- if this was your governor, and the children who were slaughtered, were your children -- wouldn't you expect to hear from the Governor who by all means, would have campaigned off of the deaths of your children had it gone the way they tried to spin it, had their cover-up been successful...There is no reason why Abbott or any other governor, regardless of party -- can attend fundraiser after fundraiser, stage bullshit stunts after bullshit stunts at the border, go tap dance for NRA donors, etc -- but can't spare a day to meet with a single family in Uvalde? Why? He couldn't take the heat? Didn't want to look into the faces of those mothers and fathers and continue to lie?
Ted Cruz tried to blame it on the parents -- Ted fucking Cruz -- the guy who lies with no shame...the guy who lets his own wife get disrespected in his face and he did nothing but bow down to the guy who did it.....Ted Cruz, the guy who flew to Cancun while millions froze in Texas, some of them to death.....this guy blamed it on the parents...and for Texas to not collectively say fuck Ted Cruz is beyond me.......what does holding elected officials accountable look like if they know you will give them a pass after pass, after pass.....as long as they hate the same people you hate -- and let's be honest....if this was a Gov Beto, we know damn well the energy would be different....however, at least with candidate Beto; he had enough time to come.....and as the parents said, it meant something to them...and isn't that what serving your constituents is supposed to be about??
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