Texas State Senator Blasts Abbott as ‘Piece of Sh*t’ for Not Publicly Mentioning Uvalde Shooting
A Texas state senator criticized Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for not publicly acknowledging the second anniversary of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Friday marked the second anniversary of the Robb Elementary School shooting, where an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers.
The shooting was not mentioned on the governor’s social media accounts or in news releases from his office.
State Senator Roland Gutiérrez, a Democrat who represents Uvalde, criticized the governor’s failure to mention that tragic day Saturday morning.
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State Senator Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat who represents Uvalde, criticized Gov. Abbott’s failure to mention the Uvalde shooting on its anniversary. (Getty Images)
“Yesterday @GregAbbott_TX did not mention Uvalde even once,” Gutiérrez wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “The second anniversary of the worst school shooting in Texas history and the governor won’t say a word about it. What a piece of s**t.”
After the gunman entered the school on May 24, 2022, law enforcement waited more than an hour to confront and kill the suspect.
Relatives of the victims recently filed a lawsuit against state authorities for the botched response to the shooting, according to Fox 4. The lawsuit claims that police officers failed to follow their training and waited before confronting the shooter.
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The shooting was not mentioned on the governor’s social media accounts or in news releases from his office. (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)
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A Justice Department report also said the victims’ lives could have been saved if the response had not been delayed.
A criminal investigation into the law enforcement response remains underway. Some law enforcement officers have been called to testify before a grand jury in Uvalde County.
Since the shooting, Texas under Abbott has implemented security measures, including laws requiring each school district to have an armed guard on each campus.
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