Posted on 05/01/2023 12:33:59 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday called the victims of a mass shooting in Texas over the weekend "illegal immigrants," drawing searing backlash for "dehumanizing" them.
Abbott announced on his personal and state Twitter accounts a $50,000 reward for the gunman who used an AR-15 rifle to kill five neighbors execution-style, including a 9-year-old boy, in Cleveland, Texas, on Friday night. The gunman was still at large as of Monday afternoon.
Abbott, a Republican, said the reward was for a fugitive "who is in the country illegally and killed five illegal immigrants."
The post drew immediate backlash on social media from critics and a "community note" that adds context from readers who said the original tweet is misleading. The note said that at least one of the victims was a legal resident of the U.S., and added their names.
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“It’s below the dignity of the governor to impugn the victims of a mass shooting" about their legal status," said Domingo Garcia, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens. "All of the victims are Latino and so is the suspected gunman. This is a tragedy that involves another serial killing and a weapon for war that was used in the killing. That’s the issue, not the legal status of the victims."
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Maritza Wong, a volunteer with Texas Moms Demand Action, a group that advocates for stricter gun laws, said: “The first statement out of Greg Abbott’s mouth is to turn this tragedy into a dog whistle. Meanwhile our governor refuses to make the most basic changes to Texas gun laws that would make our families safer and every day he does so he is abdicating public safety.”
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If they are illegal immigrants, didn't they dehumanize themselves?
What, were they here legally? And the shooter is a mentally ill five-time deported, illegal, alien criminal.
They are...truth said...move on.
“You told the truth you bastard! Aiiiieeeee! We’ll get you for this!”
I’m sure illegal immigrants are humans too. Doesn’t mean they should be in my country
The MSM is calling the killer a “Texas man”.
Next they’ll be claiming he’s a MAGA extremist.
Abbott doesn’t have the guts to call them wetbacks. Do nothing RINO.
Illegal aliens, governor.
They correct term is illegal aliens
The correct term is invaders…I am so sick of these people.
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ABBOTT DID NOT LIE——
These INVADERS—whether freshly here or longer term -—IT does NOT change the fact that they are HERE ILLEGALLY.
An illegal, murdered a bunch of other illegals. So really it’s not an American problem.
it’s about time that all of us start calling black black and white white and the hell with the back lash. all these people are doing is forcing everyone to speak as they dictate do’ t fall into their trap.
So, one out of six.
That sounds about right.
I’d like to know what government services all these people were getting. Including the murderer.
Libs/lefties lash out at the truth because the truth collapses their false world sll built upon pillars of delusion.
One things is clear… the ‘two sides’ cannot coexist.
I’m sorry they lost their lives to another illegal scumbag, but they *were* illegal immigrants. Not calling them that doesn’t change that fact.
Their blood is on Biden’s, Obama’s and the other Democrats’ hands for encouraging illegals to overwhelm our borders.
Honesty and clarity are never popular with our overseers, the Biden revolutionists.
if not “illegal immigrant” then use the correct term, “illegal alien,” or perhaps “wetback.”
Immigrants by definition are legal and have been issued a green card. “Illegal immigrant” is an oxymoron, like giant shrimp.
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