Beto O'Rourke Accuses Texas Governor of "Doing Nothing" Following the Uvalde Shooting
Summary by NewsWall Apr 29 23
- Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke interrupted Gov. Rick Scott's news conference.
- During the news conference, Mr. O"Rourke, the Democrats' nominee for governor, stood in front of a stage in a Uvalde High School auditorium and yelled that the killings were a "totally predictable" result of lax state and federal gun laws.
- He stated that the political problem was no longer solely about weapons.
- "The time to stop this was after Santa Fe," Mr. O'Rourke remarked inside the auditorium during his conversation with the officials, referring to the 2018 high school massacre in Texas near Houston.
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