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O'Rourke crashed Abbott's press conference at Uvalde High School this afternoon.
Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke was escorted out of Gov. Greg Abbott's noontime press conference on the Uvalde school massacre for accusing the Republican governor of doing nothing avert mass shootings. O'Rourke, a former Democratic congressman from El Paso, is seen in video clips approaching the stage and railing at Abbott about the state's gun laws. The confrontation occurred as Abbott spoke at Uvalde High School about Tuesday's shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 21 people dead, 19 of them children.
The videos show O'Rourke walk toward to stage, then confront Abbott saying,"You're doing nothing" and"this is totally predictable." Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughin, also present onstage, is seen standing up yelling at the local authorities to remove O'Rourke from the auditorium. Beto O'Rourke just interrupted Texas Governor Greg Abbott's press conference on the Robb Elementary shooting to call him & Texas republicans inaction on gun violence. They called him a sick son of a bitch & an asshole & said he was out of line.
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