A striking moment – Digby's Hullabaloo

Beto O’Rourke crashes the Abbott press conference:

"It's on you."

In a striking moment, Texas gubernatorial candidate @BetoORourke interrupts Gov. Greg Abbott's press conference about the Uvalde shooting. pic.twitter.com/jINIAave6Y
— The Recount (@therecount) May 25, 2022

“Now is the time to stop the next shooting … In each case we say this isn’t the time. Now is the time — like, literally right now. That’s why I’m here.”

— Texas gubernatorial candidate @BetoORourke on Gov. Greg Abbott saying now is not the time to politicize a shooting pic.twitter.com/iTsnpDx0Pk
— The Recount (@therecount) May 25, 2022

That line-up of white, middle-aged Texas leaders at the press conference pretty much says it all.