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Democratic Gov. Beto O’Rourke was trying to derail Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas on Wednesday.
Abbott spoke for about ten minutes before attempting to transfer the microphone to Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, at which point O’Rourke approached the stage.
Only a few of O’Rourke’s words were audible, but he was aggressively pointing at the scene even though those around him were shouting at him.
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“You’re not doing anything,” O’Rourke said at one point.
Texas Democratic Gov. candidate Beto O’Rourke interrupts a press conference by Gov. Greg Abbott the day after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 25. May 2022. (Reuters / Veronica G. Cardenas)
Texas Democratic Gov. candidate Beto O’Rourke interrupts a press conference by Gov. Greg Abbott the day after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 25. May 2022. (Reuters / Veronica G. Cardenas)
Patrick said “Sir, you are offline, please leave this auditorium.”
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin also called O’Rourke a “sick son of a bitch.”
O’Rourke was then escorted out of the auditorium.
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Prior to the interruption, Abbott praised the response of police officers who prevented the attack from getting worse. An officer who responded to the shooting lost a daughter in the attack, he said.
Democratic Gov. Beto O’Rourke is disrupting a press conference by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after a shooting yesterday at Robb Elementary School that left 21 dead, including 19 children, on May 25, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. (Jordan Vonderhaar / Getty Images)
Democratic Gov. Beto O’Rourke is speaking to the media after he interrupted a press conference held by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on May 25, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. (Jordan Vonderhaar / Getty Images)
Abbott confirmed that the shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, shot his grandmother before carrying out the attack. He then crashed his vehicle outside Robb Elementary School and exchanged gunfire with police before entering a couple of classrooms.
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Abbott confirmed that Ramos had made three posts on Facebook in the approximately 30 minutes prior to the shooting.
“I’m going to shoot my grandmother,” Ramos first posted.
“I shot my grandmother,” he posted a few minutes later.
“I’m going to shoot an elementary school,” the third post said.
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Abbott did not call for gun control legislation, but said members of the community had told him they were suffering from a mental health crisis.