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VIDEO: Beto Crashes Abbott Presser on Texas Shooting, Gets Called ‘Sick Son of a B*tch’

Beto O’Rourke gatecrashed a press conference by Governor Abbott on the shooting in Uvalde, with the mayor calling him a “sick son of a b*tch”

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Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke gatecrashed a press conference by Governor Greg Abbott on the school shooting in Uvalde, with the town’s mayor calling him a “sick son of a b*tch” for making the conference all about him.

Abbott was speaking to reporters on Wednesday, discussing the shooting that occurred at Uvalde Elementary School the day before, where Salvador Romas, 18, entered the school. The current death count sits at 19 children and two teachers.

Beto, who is set to run against Abbott for Texas Governor in the midterms, decided to interrupt the press conference.

“Governor I have to say something. The time to stop this was after Santa Fe High School… It was after El Paso,” Beto said. “The next shooting is right now and you are doing nothing. You are offering us nothing. You said this is not predictable. This is totally predictable when you choose not do anything… I’m standing up for the children of this state to stop this from happening again.”

Confused members of the media at first assumed that Beto was simply another reporter, who was quickly shouted down by Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin. “Sir, you need to get his ass out of here, this isn’t the place,” McLaughlin said to security, before turning to Beto and declaring him to be totally “out of line,” instructing him to leave.

“I can’t believe that you’re a sick son of a b*tch who would come to a [press conference] like this to make it a political issue,” McLaughlin continued. “This is on you, until you change…” Beto continued, before being interrupted by McLaughlin again. “It’s on assh*les like you!” McLaughlin replied. “Why don’t you get out of here!”

Beto proceeded to leave the press conference, and spoke to reporters outside on his thoughts on the shooting. He continued to blame Governor Greg Abbott for doing nothing to stop mass shootings in the state.

“In fact, the only thing he did was make it easier to buy a gun… to make it easier to carry a gun in public,” Beto said. “No training, no vetting whatsoever. He talked about that this was evil. The only thing evil is what he continues to do to the people of this state… His only interest is the gun lobby.”

He told reporters that he was there to “stand up for the people of Texas,” and to “shock the conscious [sic] of this state into doing something.”

Beto faced backlash online for interrupting the conference, with conservative commentator Katie Pavlich saying that she was “not shocked” that Beto would “crash a press conference in the aftermath of horrific murders as a publicity stunt for himself.”

One Democrat compared O’Rourke to “Tank Man” from the Tiananmen Square Massacre in China, prompting more backlash.

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Jack Hadfield
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Jack Hadfield is the Associate Editor at Valiant News. An investigative reporter from the UK, and the director and presenter of "Destination Dover: Migrants in the Channel, his work has appeared in such sites as Breitbart and The Political Insider. You can follow him on Gab @JH, on Telegram @JackHadders, or see his other social media by visiting jackhadfield.co.uk.

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