Beto O’Rourke caused a dramatic scene on Wednesday when he angrily confronted Gov. Greg Abbott at his Uvalde news conference about the school shooting, yelling, “This is on you.”
After Abbott was done giving his initial remarks, O’Rourke charged toward the stage.
“You are doing nothing,” O’Rourke said. “You are offering up nothing. You said this was not predictable. This was totally predictable when you choose not to do anything.”
Some of the Republican officials onstage quickly denounced O’Rourke. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz told him, “Sit down and don’t play this stunt.” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told O’Rourke he was “out of line and an embarrassment.” And Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin gave the most colorful response.
“I can’t believe that you’re a sick son of a bitch that would come to a deal like this to make a political issue,” McLaughlin said.
O’Rourke was eventually escorted out of the room. On his way out, he turned back to address Abbott again.
“This on you until you choose to do something different,” O’Rourke said. “This will continue to happen. Somebody needs to sand up for the children of this state or they will be continue to be killed just like they were killed in Uvalde yesterday.”
Source: Texas Tribune | BY PATRICK SVITEK
PHOTO: Credit: Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune
