Oh my God that's Beto! He interrupted Abbott

[nolabear]

[Ocelot II]

1. A little more info would be nice, thanks.

[secondwind]

3. Abbott press briefing.. going on right now

[nolabear]

4. It was an in the moment reaction.

Abbott was going on in a presser about mental health and thoughts and prayers and Beto leapt up from the audience and let him have it, with people yelling at one another on all sides. Beto was escorted out.

Much will be said.

[gldstwmn]

9. Yes! Now he is speaking to the press outside in Spanish.

He called Abbot out on his bullshit and the guy with th walker stood up and called him a sick son of a bitch. I thought they were going to throw down for a minute!

[nolabear]

10. It's the most energized I've felt in a long time.

We need this! Call them out!

[gldstwmn]

14. Brilliant move by Beto. They were so pissed off.

[Hangingon]

59. Never let a tragedy go to waste

[gldstwmn]

65. They're only pissed they didn't think

of it first. The media actually followed him outside to see what he had to say. He expressed what most are feeling in a very human way and the compromised lot of flesh on that stage couldn't even deal. Not one of them offered one solution. Not one.
The mayor of Uvalde who called him a son of a bitch should have stayed sitting because in his little town of 16,000 this kid had been throwing red flags for quite some time but no one did a damn thing. He broadcast his intentions on social media and the shooter was in the school for 40 minutes. He should be examining what went wrong. I'm betting he does not seek another term.
Beto's actions today was one of the most energizing actions I have seen from a Democrat in a long time.

[Hulk]

64. Quit playing their game....damn it!!

Nothing is going to make a difference until you ban assault guns. Nothing is going to make a difference until you ban large-capacity magazines. Stop being naive and stupid.

Background checks would be nice but they may not do much. Red flag laws might be nice but they don't do much. Banning assault weapons would make one hell of a difference. Stop dancing around the edges. Getting into background checks would make it look like they are actually willing to do something.... when in fact they are willing to do absolutely nothing.

Ban assault weapons in total. Call for it demand it and don't settle for less. The other stuff is simply Band-Aids and probably wouldn't stop any mass shootings.

[secondwind]

2. You are watching this??

WHO IS THE GUY ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT ON THE STAGE, SITTING DOWN? SLOUCHING, LIKE HE OWNS THE PLACE

[nolabear]

6. Lt Governor? They're switching to Beto outside now.

He’s speaking in Spanish so I don’t know what he’s saying but he’s saying it loud.

[MustLoveBeagles]

22. He's switched to English

[Novara]

5. LINK PLEASE?

I found only this so far:

Link to tweet

[nolabear]

7. No link. It's happening now. On MSNBC

[Novara]

8. here it is

Link to tweet

[KewlKat]

12. thank you for the link

[MustLoveBeagles]

24. Thank you

I didn't realize it was him until he was being escorted out.

[Brother Buzz]

46. That's the Good Trouble John Lewis spoke of, Baby!

[malaise]

11. Beto has stolen the stage

Save my post - he is going to be the next Texas governor.
Go Beto!
Thank him for kicking you out. Now kickhim out.

[nolabear]

13. Oh God I hope so. We need action. We need examples.

We need LEADERS.

[malaise]

16. That was the biggest moment of this campaign

to date. The let him speak from the people and the fascist police escorting him out. Abbott is no king - fuck him. Milk the moment Beto!

[WiVoter]

62. He Sure Will!

OMG that was breathtakingly inspiring! 😍😍😍😍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Cozmo]

63. From your mouth to God's ears!

[swag]

15. Vid

Link to tweet

[Probatim]

49. If you advocate zero effort for mental health, doubling means...?

[Ohio Joe]

17. Bravo Beto

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. Yeah Beto

Link to tweet

[gldstwmn]

19. Better audio:

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=uT4_fx6JnsW8AwwWgHMSGQ

[hamsterjill]

20. You just witnessed a REAL Texan!!!

Never been so proud of a fellow Texan in my entire life. Fight, Beto!!! Fight for all of us!!!

[MustLoveBeagles]

32. Yes!

[efhmc]

42. Amazing man and so real. Not like any of those lying hypocrites on the stage.

Especially Cruz. #AbbottIsAKiller

[allegorical oracle]

21. Want to know which one of those guys onstage called Beto a "sick son of a bitch." Naturally, Cruz

was right in the mix, standing right behind Abbott, yelling at Beto. Hooray for Beto.

[hamsterjill]

25. It was Dan Patrick.

n/t

[allegorical oracle]

29. Seemed like it was a bearded guy in a blue shirt standing next to the table -- Patrick was seated to

the right of Abbott. The dude wearing the big cowboy hat sure looked steamed.

[hamsterjill]

35. It was Patrick who had the microphone.

n/t

[efhmc]

47. On Twitter someone said it was the Mayor.

[hamsterjill]

56. You are correct. Seems the mayor took the Mike.

Don McLaughlin

https://www.uvaldetx.gov/government/city_council/index.php

[AngryOldDem]

26. Lots of sick sons of bitches there, and Beto's not one of them.

[allegorical oracle]

30. For sure... starting with Abbott.

[Tickle]

23. that was wild!

I haven't read any post yet but was it Beto?

[MustLoveBeagles]

27. Yes

See the videos posted above. I'm so proud of him.

[Tickle]

36. lol I'm looking at the now nt

[MustLoveBeagles]

37. I didn't know it was Beto until he was escorted out and the media confirmed it

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. Beto speaks to the press

Link to tweet

[MustLoveBeagles]

31. He speaks for many of us and not just those on DU

It's not my intention to relitigate the democratic primaries but after Beto made this his issue after the El Passo Walmart shooting some even on this site thought it was a Hail Mary to save his campaign but it wasn't. I knew he was sincere and speaking from the heart. He's the real deal.

[ananda]

50. Yes, this has always been Beto!

He's a good guy with a passion for justice, safety, and equality!

[crickets]

34. He speaks the truth. Good job, Beto. nt

[Kingofalldems]

38. Awesome.

[dalton99a]

45. +1

[The Revolution]

33. Go Beto

Someone has to have the guts to do something like this.

[Midnight Writer]

39. Predictably, Republicans are more outraged by someone standing up to them than in the carnage.

And if they are serious about treating mental health, why didn't they offer help to the "sick son of a bitch" they are talking to?

[Ferrets are Cool]

40. I LOVE BETO!!!!!

[jcgoldie]

43. me too!

[Ferrets are Cool]

44. ...

[otchmoson]

41. Hypocrites!

Texas politicians went on and on about the need for mental health facilities. They pointed out that in rural areas like Uvalde mental health facilities are few or non-existent. None of them addressed how the situation might have been improved had they accepted expanded Medicaid offered by the Affordable Care Act. Likewise, they touted the expansion of broadband and, subsequently, tele-health accommodations--without mentioning that this was brought to them by the Biden administration. What two-faced hypocrites!!!

[dalton99a]

48. Their only solution is more guns

[nolabear]

53. They were literally saying fewer entrances to schools.

Seriously?

[bucolic_frolic]

51. Republican political egos will melt to poop if they lose the gun issue

There's nothing else holding them up

[Traildogbob]

52. Fuck the GQP

Maybe a few of theirs get splattered against the wall they will do minimal. Who was the asshole Calling him sick and making this photo op shit show political? Cruz, Corn-one and Abbott created this political theater. Every one of them paid by NRA and came out immediately defending guns instead of mutilated baby bodies they are responsible for.

[Wednesdays]

60. If I read right, it was the mayor of Uvalde who called Beto "sick"

He's in NRA's pocket with the rest of them.

[Torchlight]

54. O'Rourke suddenly breathed life into a governor's race that

the professional idiots have been self-righteously preaching has been over since it began, and that O'Rourke is waste of our time, effort and money to invest in. "Send it to someone who can win" they evangelize.

Today's events are one (of many) reasons I rarely allow credibility to the for-profit political prophets whose humorless and narrow margins preclude the necessary minimum of common sense (Studs Terkel excluded).

'There are more things in heaven and Earth, teleprompt-readers, than are dreamt of in your polling data.'

[nolabear]

55. Oooohhh...think I'll send Beto some money.

[jcgoldie]

58. I love that we had a thread going debating if Beto should go to Uvalde

And the fucker just shows up in front of the podium where the liars were lying and points his finger at them and says this is not good enough, this is on us. That is a LEADER.

[Torchlight]

61. Glad to have missed that thread.

O'Rourke shamed Abbott, and today, both men advertised to the world exactly who they are.

[txwhitedove]

57. Damn, missed it cause I couldn't stand watching Abbott. Time to put a BETO sign

in my yard. I voted for him in the primary.