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BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
Wed May 24, 2023, 07:39 AM May 2023

Gov. Abbott orders all Texas flags lowered to half-staff in memory of Uvalde

Gov. Greg Abbott said late Tuesday night that all Texas flags across the state to be lowered to half-staff all day Wednesday in memory of the Uvalde school shooting victims.

The call comes after one year ago, 19 students and two teachers were killed by a gunman who entered Robb Elementary School.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/05/24/gov-abbott-orders-all-texas-flags-lowered-to-half-staff-in-memory-of-uvalde/




376 law enforcement officers across 20 agencies waited for 77 minutes before breaching the classroom door.



(The ONLY thing Gov. Abbott will ever do is lower the American flag....that's it. )

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Gov. Abbott orders all Texas flags lowered to half-staff in memory of Uvalde (Original Post) BeckyDem May 2023 OP
Well done governor shit for brains. That'll stop those school shootings in Texmagastan. Fucking A. Comfortably_Numb May 2023 #1
What, for an hour-and-a-half? hatrack May 2023 #2
"all day" TwilightZone May 2023 #6
Well ain't that big of him. calimary May 2023 #3
Thoughts and prayers. KPN May 2023 #4
Do-nothing republicans. The Unmitigated Gall May 2023 #5
Fuck him. Every time he kacekwl May 2023 #7
...bravo... ChazInAz May 2023 #8
so compassionate RussBLib May 2023 #9
Uvalde shows that Texas cops are the absolute BEST in the world. dalton99a May 2023 #10

Comfortably_Numb

(4,188 posts)
1. Well done governor shit for brains. That'll stop those school shootings in Texmagastan. Fucking A.
Wed May 24, 2023, 07:41 AM
May 2023

calimary

(90,316 posts)
3. Well ain't that big of him.
Wed May 24, 2023, 07:51 AM
May 2023

But outlawing the murder machines that caused it and that virtually any cockeyed asshole can easily acquire? Naaaah - that’s asking too much.

kacekwl

(9,198 posts)
7. Fuck him. Every time he
Wed May 24, 2023, 10:23 AM
May 2023

turns around he should see a blown up picture of a child whose face was destroyed by his and all the others non-action. Or better yet replace the flag with said picture.

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