That’d be a lie,” Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) tweeted. “I wish I could look at my 3 small kids & promise I’ll always protect them. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the shooting left him horrified. He’s expected to speak to reporters about the shooting later Tuesday night.ĭemocrats quickly pointed fingers at the GOP and its stances on guns. President Joe Bident has ordered that all flags be flown at half-mast until May 28 to honor the victims. “The entire country is praying for the children, families, teachers, and staff and the first responders on the scene,” he added. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he was “Horrified and heartbroken by reports of the disgusting violence directed at innocent schoolkids in Uvalde, Texas,” in a tweet on Tuesday evening. Ruben Gallego cursed out Ted Cruz on Twitter and called him a “baby killer.” Michael Brochstein/Polaris In addition to the 21 killed, many more were wounded and taken to the local hospital, officials said. Texas Governor Greg Abbot said Ramos was dead after committing the horrific attack and is believed to have been killed by responding law enforcement officers. Salvador Ramos, 18, allegedly shot his grandmother before entering Robb Elementary School in Uvalde with a possible handgun and rifle around noon local time Tuesday when he opened fire on young students and staff. At the school, Ramos allegedly killed at least 18 children and a teacher. “Just to be clear f–k you you f-ing baby killer,” Arizona congressman and Iraq War veteran Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) shot back in response. Instead, Cruz suggested mass murders could be curbed by adding “far more law enforcement resources to stopping violent criminals preventing these kinds of absolute acts of evil.” Greg Abbott and former President Donald Trump on Friday. “Inevitably when there’s a murderer of this kind, you see politicians try to politicize it, you see Democrats and a lot of folks in the media whose immediate solution is to try to restrict the constitutional rights of law abiding citizens,” said Cruz, who’s reportedly scheduled to attend a National Rifle Association conference with Texas Gov. Texas Senator Ted Cruz said that restrictive gun laws don’t work against mass shootings. However, Texas Senator Ted Cruz told CNN reporter Jessica Dean that restrictive gun laws don’t work. There is a place we can achieve agreements.” I understand my Republican colleagues will not agree with everything I support, but there is a common denominator that we can find. “Work with us to find a way to pass laws that make this less likely. “I’m here on this floor to beg, and literally get down on my hands and knees and beg with my colleagues: find a path forward here,” he said, placing his hands together. Murphy, who was elected to the Senate one month before 26 people were killed at a school shooting in Newtown in his home state, has been one of the most vocal voices in Congress for gun law reform. Chris Murphy (D-CT) begged his colleagues to address gun control following the Texas elementary school shooting in Uvalde. Why do you go through all the hassle of getting this job, of putting yourself in a position of authority? If your answer is that as this slaughter increases as our kids run for their lives, we do nothing - what are we doing? Why are you here, if not to solve a problem as existential as this?” Salvador Ramos, 18, allegedly gunned down his grandmother before entering Robb Elementary School. “Why do you spend all this time running for the United States Senate?” Murphy continued. Our kids are living in fear every single time they set foot in the classroom because they think they’re going to be next. “What are we doing? There have been more mass shootings than days of the year.
“What are we doing? Just days after a shooter walked into a grocery store to gun down African American patrons we have another Sandy Hook on our hands.” “What are we doing?” Murphy asked his colleagues - a question he’d emphatically repeat throughout his remarks. In a stirring speech, Murphy criticized his fellow lawmakers for their failure to keep Americans safe. Chris Murphy (D-CT) took to the Senate floor just hours after a teenage gunman killed 21 people, including 18 children, at a school in the small town of Uvalde. The country’s latest mass school shooting at a Texas elementary school has, once again, sparked an impassioned debate between the left and right regarding gun laws and violence in America. Hero cops who took down Nashville shooter are Marine veteran and ‘precision policeman’ Uvalde school shooter wrote ‘LOL’ on whiteboard in victims’ blood, lawmaker revealsīiden’s lame Ukraine game, Nashville heroes, Uvalde cowards and other commentary Texas teachers packing heat to be paid $25K as armed ‘sentinels’: proposed bill
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