Gov. Greg Abbott prompts swift rebukes after calling Texas mass-shooting victims 'illegal immigrants
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is getting criticized for identifying the victims of a Friday mass shooting in Cleveland, Texas, as "illegal immigrants" in the same statement in which he offered condolences to their loved ones.
On Friday evening, a drunk man shot and killed five people, including an 8-year-old boy, after the neighbors asked the man to stop firing his AR-15-style weapon in the air, according to San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers.
Abbott released a statement on Sunday offering a $50,000 reward for information regarding the shooter, who authorities say "could be anywhere" by now. The governor also offered condolences to the families, but not before the statement identified the victims as "illegal immigrants."
Police identified the victims as Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25; Diana Velazquez Alvarado, 21; Julisa Molina Rivera, 31; Jose Jonathan Casarez, 18; and Daniel Enrique Laso, 8. Authorities have not publicly disclosed the victims' citizenship status.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gov-greg-abbott-prompts-swift-rebukes-after-calling-texas-mass-shooting-victims-illegal-immigrants-in-a-statement-offering-condolences-to-their-loved-ones/ar-AA1aztLt
Trying to invoke his inner cowboy Abbott comes off more like a horse's ass.
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