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Beto O’Rourke GATECRASHES Texas school shooting press conference and heckles Greg Abbott and Republicans for ‘doing nothing’ on gun reform – before being marched out and called ‘a sick son of a b***h’
- Beto O’Rourke, a Texas Democrat, interrupted a press conference in Uvalde to heckle Republicans about gun reform
- He was marched out of the room by police and labeled a ‘sick son of a b***h’ for using the moment to politicize the tragedy
- Gov. Greg Abbott had just told the room that cops in the community blamed the shooting on mental health
- O’Rourke, echoing a viral speech by Connecticut Dem. Chris Murphy yesterday, approached the stage
- ‘When are we going to do something?’ he asked before being pushed back by sheriffs
- ‘You are out of line and you are an embarrassment,’ Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick fired at him
- Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin then called O’Rourke a ‘sick son of a b***h’ and an ‘a**hole’
- ‘He needs to get his a** out of here!’ he fumed as O’Rourke was marched out of the auditorium
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Beto O’Rourke was marched out of a press conference for the Texas school shooting on Wednesday and branded a ‘sick son of a b****h’ after showing up to heckle Republicans about gun reforms.
O’Rourke yelled out after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blamed mental health crisis for the shooting of 19 kids and two teachers yesterday.
His comments were inaudible but he was immediately surrounded by sheriffs to be shepherded out of the building.
Beto O’Rourke was marched out of a press conference for the Texas school shooting on Wednesday and branded a ‘sick son of a b****h’ after showing up to heckle Republicans about gun reforms
Governor Greg Abbott was giving an update on the investigation into yesterday’s shooting when O’Rourke interrupted, yelling
The governor had just completed a speech about the mental health suffering in the community of Uvalde, which he said was to blame for the atrocity yesterday.
‘Before coming out here we had a long discussion with the law enforcement at all levels. I asked the sheriff and others an open ended question I got the same answer from the sheriff as well as from the mayor, “what is the problem here?
‘They were straight forward and emphatic. They said we have a problem with mental health illness in this community.
‘Then they elaborated on the magnitude of the mental health challenges they are facing and the need for more mental health support in this region,’ he said.
Abbott was about to hand the microphone over to Lt. Governor Dan Patrick when O’Rourke, mimicking the words of Connecticut Dem. Chris Murphy on the Senate floor yesterday, approached the stage and asked: ‘When are we going to do something?’
Patrick shot back at him calling him an ’embarrassment.’
‘You’re out of line and an embarrassment,’ he said.
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin then fumed at O’Rourke: ‘He needs to get his a** out of here. Sir you are out of line. Please leave this auditorium.
‘I can’t believe you, you sick son of a b****, you would come to an event like this to make it a political issue. A**holes like you, get out of here.’
‘Now is not the time to politicize pain and suffering,’ said Dade Phelan, the Texas House Speaker afterwards.
Abbott then went on to say that it has been legal for teenagers to buy rifles in Texas for 60 years, but that school shootings have not happened for that long.
‘What has changed is mental health,’ he said.
‘Anybody who shoots somebody else has a mental health challenge. Period. We as a government need to find a way to target that mental health challenge and do something about it.’
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