Beto O'Rourke

When Democrat Beto O'Rourke confronted Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott during a press conference Wednesday in the wake of a mass school shooting that left ...

And public policy shapes how and what we do as citizens of a city, state and country. They are always wary of going too far out on a limb only to find themselves out of step with the people whose votes they need. The place a politician likes to be is comfortably in the middle of what his or her constituents think. This is not to defend or criticize what O'Rourke did. This is, of course, the common response when these events happen. We need to focus not on ourselves and our agendas."

On Wednesday afternoon, as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott briefed reporters about the school shooting in the town of Uvalde that left 19 children and two adults dead, ...

The effect, if not the outright point, of events like the one he crashed is to ensure that the right time and the place to discuss gun control never comes—to indulge the delusion that the people who are truly doing nothing are actually doing something. Ultimately, the question of whether his intervention Wednesday was polite or not is less important than the fact that O’Rourke is right. But so was the event O’Rourke was crashing, in which the most powerful men in the state assembled at a school auditorium to do…what, do they do, exactly? He was shouted down by some of the people on stage. This was totally predictable.” You said this was not predictable.

Texas Democratic gubernatorial nominee Beto O'Rourke confronted Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and other officials on Wednesday as they tried to provide ...

In fact, the only thing he did was make it easier to carry a gun in public," O'Rourke told reporters after he exited the press conference. He was governor for every single one of them," O'Rourke continued. "(Abbott) said he was going to do something. "This will continue to happen. Abbott is scheduled to speak at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Houston this week. "You said this is not predictable.

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke interrupted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during a press conference in Uvalde after the mass shooting that ...

Abbott said local officials told him that "we have a problem with mental health, illness, in this community." This is on all of us, every single one of us to do something." During his failed presidential run in 2019, O'Rourke was an outspoken advocate for gun control measures. "Because if we do nothing, we will continue to see this. Abbott said he would be passing the microphone to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, when O'Rourke stood up. "After every one of these, he holds a press conference just like this – and I wish to hell when he came to El Paso that someone would have stood up and held him to account and confronted him and shocked the conscience of this state into doing something," O'Rourke said.

Democrat Beto O'Rourke, who is challenging Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for governor this year, interrupted Wednesday's news conference about the deadly ...

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke interrupted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during a press conference in Uvalde after the mass shooting that ...

Abbott said local officials told him that "we have a problem with mental health, illness, in this community." This is on all of us, every single one of us to do something." During his failed presidential run in 2019, O'Rourke was an outspoken advocate for gun control measures. "Because if we do nothing, we will continue to see this. Abbott said he would be passing the microphone to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, when O'Rourke stood up. "After every one of these, he holds a press conference just like this – and I wish to hell when he came to El Paso that someone would have stood up and held him to account and confronted him and shocked the conscience of this state into doing something," O'Rourke said.

The Governor accused O'Rourke of hiding behind the First Amendment, “intended for use only in times of war.”

Abbott said that he would secure twenty-four-hour police protection to shield himself from future terrifying incidents of O’Rourke speaking, and that he would take measures to safeguard fellow-Texans from similar outbursts. “I’m still shaking just thinking about it.” AUSTIN ( The Borowitz Report)—A rattled Greg Abbott described for reporters the moment of abject terror that he endured when the gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke suddenly talked to him.

(CNN) Millions of Americans have responded to the horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde with wrenching and public displays of anger, ...

That question needs to be answered by Americans from all backgrounds, especially those who have experienced the horrifying pain of losing a loved one to gun violence. While a majority of Americans believe in common sense gun control, the will of the people has been hijacked by the NRA's enormous power, whose influence over the Republican Party (and some conservative Democrats) is near absolute. The seemingly rote nature of the news conference before O'Rourke's intervention struck a profoundly sharp contrast with the officials' reactions to the interruption. There is something particularly significant about the fact that three high-profile White men, all leaders in different fields, are speaking out about the underlying crisis that allowed the horrors in Uvalde and elsewhere to continue unabated. But as so many in America grieve and grapple with their anger, it's striking that a chorus of White men are among the loudest and most visible voices exposing the fundamental crisis of American democracy, for all the world to see. And yet Steve Kerr, Matthew McConaughey and Beto O'Rourke all serve as courageous models for a progressive White male identity that challenges systems of oppression, speaks truth to power and confronts the divisions of our current moment by publicly highlighting the gap between the nation's professed values and a more bitter reality that allows nineteen children to be killed in such grotesque fashion.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate confronts Republican Greg Abbott during press conference, saying: 'You are doing nothing'

Throughout the crowd’s comments and O’Rourke’s interruption, a stoic Abbott remained silent before addressing attendees: “There are family members … there are family members who are crying as we speak. At one point, an attendee loudly shouted, “Go home,” as O’Rourke was leaving while another chanted: “Let him speak! Though parts of O’Rourke’s comments to the speakers are unintelligible, he is heard saying: “You are doing nothing.

A news conference about the shooting at a Texas elementary school broke into shouting Wednesday as Democratic gunbernatotrial candidate Beto O'Rourke blamed ...

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Former Democratic presidential candidate was ejected from event after accusing Greg Abbott of inaction on gun violence.

"You are doing nothing," Beto O'Rourke is heard saying standing below the podium of officers, pointing his finger. "This is totally predictable."

I want us to do something right now. They want us to do something right now. We can do something right now.

Texas Democrat Beto O'Rourke confronted Gov. Greg Abbott at a press conference on Wednesday, accusing the governor of inaction on gun violence in the wake ...

The governor said that in addition to the 19 students and two faculty members who died, an additional 17 people were injured with non-life-threatening injuries. Border patrol, school district officers, police, sheriffs and DPS officers converged on the classroom, and a border patrol officer killed the gunman, Abbott said. Prior to O’Rourke approaching the stage, Abbott cited “a problem with mental health illness” in the Uvalde community as the reason for the shooting — a common refrain from Republicans who claim that stricter gun laws would not work to prevent mass shootings. The governor also said during his remarks that the gunman had no known criminal or mental health history. The totality of O’Rourke’s remarks were difficult to hear as he was shouted down by those on stage who were speaking into microphones. O’Rourke’s outburst seemed to channel the nationwide outrage from advocates for stricter gun laws that has followed Tuesday’s shooting.