Texas governorship rivals clashed in an emotionally-charged confrontation after a gunman left 19 children and two adults dead
Picture: GettyTexas governor Greg Abbott was yelled at by political rival Beto O'Rourke during a press conference, for "doing nothing" amid a spate of mass shootings in the state.It came in the wake of 19 children and two adults were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Texas, one of a spate of mass killings involving guns in the state of Texas in recent years.
One person said: "I can't believe you are a sick son******** who would come to a deal like this to make a political issue."As Mr O’Rourke was leaving he said "this is on you" as another person added: "It's on a******** like you, why don't you get out of here." Earlier Mr O'Rouke had urged him not to attend, writing on Twitter: "If you have any decency, you will immediately withdraw from this weekend's NRA convention and urge them to hold it anywhere but Texas."In the last five years, Texas mass shootings have targeted worshippers during a Sunday sermon, shoppers at a Walmart store, students on a high school campus and drivers on a highway. More than 85 people have been killed.
After a shooting at Santa Fe High School in 2018 that killed 10 people, Mr Abbott had signalled support for so-called red flag laws, which restrict gun access for people deemed dangerous to themselves or others.Republican Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, who won the Republican nomination for a third term on Tuesday, told Fox News after the Uvalde shooting that the best response would be training teachers and "hardening" schools.
"When in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?" President Biden angrily asked in an address from the White House after the Uvalde shooting.
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