What did protestor say at Abbott press conference?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Beto is not done because there is a long way to the election. But this will play only to his base which in Texas is 25% of the vote. The middle in Texas is about 30%. That group leans right center. This will not play with them. This was a bad day for Beto. But other events may turn the tide. If I were running against him in Texas I would wait until September and go up with an ad that has Beto crashing in and the mayor saying this was no place for this conduct and Texas deserves better.

Great because then Beto could run an ad with Abbott saying Texas deserves better and O'Rourke says, "I agree and here I am."

The mayor would be saying that about Beto --- kinda does not work in reverse except for the base. This election in Texas is a fight for the middle. The middle is further right than the middle other places. Gun rights in Texas extend well into democrats as well. If I were advising Beto I would have told him to wait for the funerals to be over and deliver a major address that outlined sensible gun control for Texas. That could have made some inroads int he middle. This stunt will not.

[Anonymous]

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The shooter/killer was pretty much an abandoned child by his loser parents. Serious issues that the police did not flag nor did others in his community. No doubt this is due in part to lack of resources. Police department hurting for folks as are our education systems. He snapped. It is a no brainer that guns should not be legal for purchase at 18. No brainer that automatic rifles should not be available OTC like cough syrup.

The harder work - that nobody talks about - is why so many kids have nothing and nobody.

+1 It's amazing how many Republicans have no brains.

Don’t both sides this, PP. these deaths are 100% on the GOP and their voters.

WTF?
These deaths are 100% on the damn killer.

Are all of the 200+ mass shootings (4 or more people shot) that have taken place in the US *in 2022 alone* 100% on those killers? When we’re averaging more than one mass shooting per day, the problem is far bigger than a handful of deranged men.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beto is not done because there is a long way to the election. But this will play only to his base which in Texas is 25% of the vote. The middle in Texas is about 30%. That group leans right center. This will not play with them. This was a bad day for Beto. But other events may turn the tide. If I were running against him in Texas I would wait until September and go up with an ad that has Beto crashing in and the mayor saying this was no place for this conduct and Texas deserves better.

Great because then Beto could run an ad with Abbott saying Texas deserves better and O'Rourke says, "I agree and here I am."

The mayor would be saying that about Beto --- kinda does not work in reverse except for the base. This election in Texas is a fight for the middle. The middle is further right than the middle other places. Gun rights in Texas extend well into democrats as well. If I were advising Beto I would have told him to wait for the funerals to be over and deliver a major address that outlined sensible gun control for Texas. That could have made some inroads int he middle. This stunt will not.

Sure sure sure. Wait until everything happens calmed down and we are over it.
Good idea.
Honestly if Texas doesn’t give a S about their kids, I guess I don’t either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beto is not done because there is a long way to the election. But this will play only to his base which in Texas is 25% of the vote. The middle in Texas is about 30%. That group leans right center. This will not play with them. This was a bad day for Beto. But other events may turn the tide. If I were running against him in Texas I would wait until September and go up with an ad that has Beto crashing in and the mayor saying this was no place for this conduct and Texas deserves better.

Great because then Beto could run an ad with Abbott saying Texas deserves better and O'Rourke says, "I agree and here I am."

The mayor would be saying that about Beto --- kinda does not work in reverse except for the base. This election in Texas is a fight for the middle. The middle is further right than the middle other places. Gun rights in Texas extend well into democrats as well. If I were advising Beto I would have told him to wait for the funerals to be over and deliver a major address that outlined sensible gun control for Texas. That could have made some inroads int he middle. This stunt will not.

Sure sure sure. Wait until everything happens calmed down and we are over it.
Good idea.
Honestly if Texas doesn’t give a S about their kids, I guess I don’t either.

People care but they also will not support gun control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beto is not done because there is a long way to the election. But this will play only to his base which in Texas is 25% of the vote. The middle in Texas is about 30%. That group leans right center. This will not play with them. This was a bad day for Beto. But other events may turn the tide. If I were running against him in Texas I would wait until September and go up with an ad that has Beto crashing in and the mayor saying this was no place for this conduct and Texas deserves better.

Great because then Beto could run an ad with Abbott saying Texas deserves better and O'Rourke says, "I agree and here I am."

The mayor would be saying that about Beto --- kinda does not work in reverse except for the base. This election in Texas is a fight for the middle. The middle is further right than the middle other places. Gun rights in Texas extend well into democrats as well. If I were advising Beto I would have told him to wait for the funerals to be over and deliver a major address that outlined sensible gun control for Texas. That could have made some inroads int he middle. This stunt will not.

Sure sure sure. Wait until everything happens calmed down and we are over it.
Good idea.
Honestly if Texas doesn’t give a S about their kids, I guess I don’t either.

People care but they also will not support gun control.

Then they don't care

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beto is not done because there is a long way to the election. But this will play only to his base which in Texas is 25% of the vote. The middle in Texas is about 30%. That group leans right center. This will not play with them. This was a bad day for Beto. But other events may turn the tide. If I were running against him in Texas I would wait until September and go up with an ad that has Beto crashing in and the mayor saying this was no place for this conduct and Texas deserves better.

Great because then Beto could run an ad with Abbott saying Texas deserves better and O'Rourke says, "I agree and here I am."

The mayor would be saying that about Beto --- kinda does not work in reverse except for the base. This election in Texas is a fight for the middle. The middle is further right than the middle other places. Gun rights in Texas extend well into democrats as well. If I were advising Beto I would have told him to wait for the funerals to be over and deliver a major address that outlined sensible gun control for Texas. That could have made some inroads int he middle. This stunt will not.

Sure sure sure. Wait until everything happens calmed down and we are over it.
Good idea.
Honestly if Texas doesn’t give a S about their kids, I guess I don’t either.

People care but they also will not support gun control.

People overwhelmingly support gun control. The GOP blocks it all. Again, we’re under the tyranny of a fascist minority and no one had to fire a shot.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, many Republicans in Texas are happy these children are dead. Some of the parents have said they want go back to El Salvador and Mexico because their kids might actual be safer in school there, so they will get the self-deportation they are always pushing for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, many Republicans in Texas are happy these children are dead. Some of the parents have said they want go back to El Salvador and Mexico because their kids might actual be safer in school there, so they will get the self-deportation they are always pushing for.

Almost all of that school and that city is Mexican-American. Mostly Tex-Mex.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beto is not done because there is a long way to the election. But this will play only to his base which in Texas is 25% of the vote. The middle in Texas is about 30%. That group leans right center. This will not play with them. This was a bad day for Beto. But other events may turn the tide. If I were running against him in Texas I would wait until September and go up with an ad that has Beto crashing in and the mayor saying this was no place for this conduct and Texas deserves better.

Great because then Beto could run an ad with Abbott saying Texas deserves better and O'Rourke says, "I agree and here I am."

The mayor would be saying that about Beto --- kinda does not work in reverse except for the base. This election in Texas is a fight for the middle. The middle is further right than the middle other places. Gun rights in Texas extend well into democrats as well. If I were advising Beto I would have told him to wait for the funerals to be over and deliver a major address that outlined sensible gun control for Texas. That could have made some inroads int he middle. This stunt will not.

Sure sure sure. Wait until everything happens calmed down and we are over it.
Good idea.
Honestly if Texas doesn’t give a S about their kids, I guess I don’t either.

People care but they also will not support gun control.

People overwhelmingly support gun control. The GOP blocks it all. Again, we’re under the tyranny of a fascist minority and no one had to fire a shot.

People support the idea of gun control. They oppose by a majority most specific restrictions in many states. There are some -- high capacity magazine, background checks that have a majority. This is not the minority you think it is. Gun rights supporters are almost half of the country. Even in California there is no support for gun control outside of the cities. They have the numbers in Cali though.

GOP votes no because their voters do not support it. Mistake to think it is a minority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Honestly, many Republicans in Texas are happy these children are dead. Some of the parents have said they want go back to El Salvador and Mexico because their kids might actual be safer in school there, so they will get the self-deportation they are always pushing for.


Almost all of that school and that city is Mexican-American. Mostly Tex-Mex.

Exactly. Many of those families have lived in that area for generations. Maybe the PP has never been to Texas?

[Anonymous]

This take is spot on. These guys never have to answer for anything. Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Beto was definitely the calmer one in this situation.

+1 Beto spoke the truth. These old white GOP death-mongers can't compute decency and truth. When the truth is spoken Rs short-circuit and call it "virtue signaling". Maybe it's not virtue-signaling but instead actual care and concern and a desire for a peaceful society instead of murderous late-stage capitalism where children are sacrificed to make money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beto is not done because there is a long way to the election. But this will play only to his base which in Texas is 25% of the vote. The middle in Texas is about 30%. That group leans right center. This will not play with them. This was a bad day for Beto. But other events may turn the tide. If I were running against him in Texas I would wait until September and go up with an ad that has Beto crashing in and the mayor saying this was no place for this conduct and Texas deserves better.

Great because then Beto could run an ad with Abbott saying Texas deserves better and O'Rourke says, "I agree and here I am."

The mayor would be saying that about Beto --- kinda does not work in reverse except for the base. This election in Texas is a fight for the middle. The middle is further right than the middle other places. Gun rights in Texas extend well into democrats as well. If I were advising Beto I would have told him to wait for the funerals to be over and deliver a major address that outlined sensible gun control for Texas. That could have made some inroads int he middle. This stunt will not.

I guess you felt it was too soon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was Beto O'Rourke. He was being an a-hole.

Are you kidding me. He is the only one who actually said anything of value. Abbott had a few conversations with police officers and decided mental health was the issue and is now going to build a mental health hospital. That is all he has to offer. At least Beto challenged the typical rhetoric. And...the toxic old white men called him an a-hole while on live tv. Charming.

Houston Chronicle on Abbott's speech;

https://www.alternet.org/2022/05/houston-chronicle/