{"id":678264,"date":"2022-05-30T17:01:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T17:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=6cf676546b4d08128e51c4df26d99a34"},"modified":"2022-05-30T17:01:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T17:01:46","slug":"crowd-booed-gov-greg-abbott-when-he-arrived-at-uvalde-memorial-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/05\/30\/crowd-booed-gov-greg-abbott-when-he-arrived-at-uvalde-memorial-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowd Booed Gov. Greg Abbott When He Arrived at Uvalde Memorial Site"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was met with boos Sunday as he arrived at a memorial site for victims of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, which sparked a nationwide wave of grief and anger over lawmakers’ persistent \u2014 and industry-funded<\/a> \u2014 inaction on gun violence.<\/p>\n

“We need change, governor!” yelled one member of a crowd gathered at Robb Elementary School as Abbott, a Republican who just two days earlier delivered video remarks<\/a> at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention, arrived at the site.<\/p>\n

“Shame on you, Abbott!” others shouted at the governor, who has overseen and approved the GOP-dominated state legislature’s further weakening<\/a> of Texas’ gun regulations in recent years even in the wake of deadly shootings.<\/p>\n

The Texas Tribune<\/em> noted<\/a> last week that “in the last two legislative sessions, Texas legislators have loosened gun laws, most notably by passing permitless carry in 2021, less than two years after mass shootings in El Paso and Odessa took the lives of 30 people.”<\/p>\n

Annual child gun deaths in Texas have more than doubled<\/a> during Abbott’s tenure.<\/p>\n

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Now Texas Governor Greg Abbott has arrived. Recieved a few boos and jeers from the crowd gathered here. pic.twitter.com\/qK7IlTmwh4<\/a><\/p>\n

— Robert Sherman (@RobertShermanTV) May 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n