Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Republican Values: Abbott Avoided Uvalde Funerals

 

This headline says it all about the despicable Trumpist Governor of Texas:

Gov Greg Abbott did not attend any 

funerals for Uvalde school massacre

victims, schedule shows

Abbott has been adopting a hide-and-seek profile when it comes to the elementary school massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. Desperate not to offend the National Rifle Rampage Association by putting the spotlight on military assault weapons, Abbott has been notably absent from this mostly Latino community, last visiting there on June 5:

"The last of the 21 funerals held for victims of the Uvalde school shooting was on 16 June when 11-year-old Layla Salazar was laid to rest.

There is no mention of Mr Abbott attending any of the victims’ memorials on his schedule.

In an interview with CNN, Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez, who represents the Uvalde area, accused Mr Abbott of ignoring the victims.

'He has the direct power to go and ask for accountability. The direct power to go and ask what happened here,' Mr Gutierrez said.

'He is the governor of the state of Texas, and he has refused to step in.'”  (our emphasis)

He's a member in good standing of the party that places more value on the votes of fanatic gun humpers than on the children murdered that day in Texas.