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. )
Comfortably_Numb
(4,188 posts)hatrack
(64,993 posts)ThoughtsNPrayers 2.0
TwilightZone
(28,836 posts)As noted in the OP.
It is, of course, still an empty gesture.
calimary
(90,316 posts)But outlawing the murder machines that caused it and that virtually any cockeyed asshole can easily acquire? Naaaah - thats asking too much.
KPN
(17,441 posts)The Unmitigated Gall
(4,710 posts)kacekwl
(9,198 posts)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.