Eko Hot Blog reports that though Texas hasn’t elected a Democratic governor in more than 25 years, some were holding out hope that voters would have a clear reason to go blue this year.
Hours after what was one of the worst school shootings in US history, Abbott attended a fundraiser hundreds of miles away, and he later said at a news conference that it “could have been worse.”
He did not attend any of the victims’ funerals and he has pushed back against gun control efforts. Meanwhile, Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke supported raising the minimum age for gun purchases to 21 and banning assault weapons. His impassioned calls for action to prevent future shootings won him the public support of some of the families of the Uvalde victims.
The mother of 10-year-old Maite Rodriguez appeared in an emotional campaign ad for O’Rourke.
“She wore green Converse with the heart drawn on the right toe. Those shoes ended up being one way to identify her body in that classroom. I never want another family to go through this. Greg Abbott has done nothing to stop the next shooting. No laws passed. Nothing to keep kids safe in school. So I’m voting Beto for my daughter Maite,” Ana Rodriguez said.
Ultimately, the county went Republican, as it had in the 2020 election. After the results came in, several parents of the victims of the school shooting tweeted a graphic of an upside-down #UvaldeStrong, suggesting that Uvalde didn’t support the victims after all.
Source: NEWSBREAK
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