On Wednesday, gubernatorial candidate Beto O’ Rourke confronted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other top Texas Republicans at a press conference about the Uvalde mass shooting that left at least 21 dead on Tuesday. “This is on you,” O’Rourke can be heard...
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back to archiveWhat to Expect from Texas GOP after Uvalde? Another Task Force and Looser Gun Laws
The bodies of school children in Uvalde are not yet buried, but it is already clear the tragedy in the small Texas town will not be enough to spur Texas lawmakers into passing common sense gun reform. This is because Texas Republicans have already presided over...
19 Dead in Mass Shooting in Uvalde, Texas
On Tuesday, an 18-year-old shooter killed at least 19 elementary school students and teachers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. The shooter, Salvador Ramos, was killed by responding officers, according to Gov. Greg Abbott. The shooter was armed with a pistol and...
Democrats are using Republicans’ bounty hunter playbook against them. Will it work?
Gov. Greg Abbott changed everything when he signed Texas’ Senate Bill 8 into law in May. He knew that ratifying the nation’s most restrictive abortion ban wasn’t just a publicity stunt — not with a 6-3 supermajority for conservatives the Supreme Court. It was a...
El Pasoan testifies in favor of making designating a national memorial for 2019 terrorist attack
On Thursday, El Pasoan Albert Hernandez testified in front of the House Natural Resource Committee’s Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands in favor of turning the El Paso Community Healing Garden into a federally recognized National Memorial Site....
Gun safety volunteers mobilize ahead of new permitless carry bill
Equipped with their trademark red t-shirts, volunteers with the gun safety organization Moms Demand Action have been hitting the pavement to talk with people around the state. These volunteers aren’t advocating for legislation or a candidate, instead they are working...
Gun safety activists react to somber El Paso anniversary
On Tuesday, mourners gathered in El Paso to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the shooting that took place on August 3rd. The shooting at a Walmart was the deadliest attack on Latinos in U.S. history. For many in Texas, the tragedy in El Paso is another stark...
El Paso families and organizers honor victims of the Aug. 3 massacre
On Aug. 3, 2019, a white supremacist drove more than 600 miles to commit one of the deadliest attack against the Hispanic communiity in modern history. Twenty-three victims lost their lives to racism and gun violence on that day in a Walmart in El Paso and their...
Biden, Veronica Escobar speak on two-year anniversary of El Paso shooting
President Joe Biden and Texas lawmakers are among those honoring the memories of the 23 victims lost in the 2019 mass shooting in El Paso. “To the families of the 23 souls lost on this day two years ago in El Paso, Jill and I send you our love,” Biden wrote in...