Beto O'Rourke Confronts , TX Governor Greg Abbott , During Press Conference <br />on Uvalde.<br />The confrontation occurred on May 25, one day after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX.<br />O'Rourke approached the stage and challenged Gov. Greg Abbott's narrative on the violence.<br />The time to stop the next shooting is right now and you are doing nothing. You said this is <br />not predictable. This is <br />totally predictable, Beto O'Rourke, via CNN.<br />This is on you, until you choose to do something different, Beto O'Rourke, via CNN.<br />This will continue to happen. Somebody needs to stand up for the children of this state or they will continue to be killed, just <br />like they were killed in <br />Uvalde yesterday, Beto O'Rourke, via CNN.<br />Speaking to reporters after he was escorted <br />out of the auditorium, O'Rourke continued <br />to attack Abbott's stance.<br />Five of the worst mass [shootings] in U.S. history, right here in this state in the last five years. He was governor for every single <br />one of them, Beto O'Rourke, via CNN.<br />Abbott referenced violence <br />in other parts of the <br />country as proof that <br />gun laws are ineffective.<br />People who think maybe we <br />can implement tough gun laws <br />and we can solve it — Chicago, <br />New York and L.A. disprove that thesis, TX Gov. Greg Abbott, via CNN.<br />Gun laws were a focus for O'Rourke during his attempt to clinch the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.<br />Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47. We're <br />not going to allow it to be <br />used against our fellow <br />Americans anymore, Beto O'Rourke, 2020 Democratic Debate, via CNN.<br />As the Democratic candidate for TX governor, O'Rourke will face Abbott in the upcoming election.<br />A campaign email to his supporters <br />stated O'Rourke's position on Abbott's <br />record concerning TX gun laws.<br />These massacres are [...] totally predictable, direct consequences of the choices made by Greg Abbott and the majority of those in the Texas legislature, Beto O'Rourke, via CNN
