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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott slammed for calling shooting victims 'illegal immigrants'
NBC News ^ | 05-01-2023 | By Suzanne Gamboa

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."

~snip~~

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: abbott; gregabbott; illegals
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To: Responsibility2nd

They sure hate the truth!


41 posted on 05/01/2023 2:35:34 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: Deo volente

MSM identifies as MORONS!


42 posted on 05/01/2023 2:36:30 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: escapefromboston

The truth is...if they were in their home countries instead of being illegally here, they might still be alive.


43 posted on 05/01/2023 2:36:32 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: Responsibility2nd
"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott slammed for calling shooting victims 'illegal immigrants'"

Well, there right. He should've called them "dead illegal immigrants".

44 posted on 05/01/2023 2:36:39 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most importan.t election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Actually they are CRIMINAL IMMIGRANTS.....


45 posted on 05/01/2023 2:39:08 PM PDT by Hambone 1934 (Dems love playing Nazis.....The republicans love helping them)
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To: Responsibility2nd
"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."

Typical Latino covering for all the illegals in th US.


46 posted on 05/01/2023 2:49:17 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Illegal Immigrants = Not Legal Immigrants

Gosh that wasn’t so hard to understand.


47 posted on 05/01/2023 2:56:19 PM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: packrat35
How many of those here are assisting bringing more of their people over our border?...Map is 2020...so the increase of Hispanic and Latinos is not included since 2020....lagal and not.


48 posted on 05/01/2023 2:57:38 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: Responsibility2nd

4 of the 5 were confirmed illegals, plus the shooter. ONE of the victims provided ID to a reporter claiming a green card.


49 posted on 05/01/2023 2:57:40 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Responsibility2nd

So, an illegal alien, illegally in the country, uses a rifle that he illegally possessed, to illegally murder 5 illegal aliens and the first thing these chuckleheads want to do is disarm law abiding American citizens.


50 posted on 05/01/2023 3:02:47 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: 1Old Pro
With an open border it will be easy enough to cross into Mexico, most likely already there.

Suppose Mexico wants to build a wall to keep them from coming back?

51 posted on 05/01/2023 3:38:51 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I thought the correct term is “illegal aliens”. Has that wording been changed without an official announcement?


52 posted on 05/01/2023 4:54:04 PM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: Responsibility2nd

We are required to call people what they are not, if they say so.

We are not allowed to call people what they actually are.

We are living in a very large insane asylum. Or maybe we went through the looking glass without realizing it.


53 posted on 05/01/2023 4:56:28 PM PDT by boxlunch (Red State, kick the fednazis OUT of red states! Will it be nullification or secession???)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Truth is treason in an empire of lies” - George Orwell


54 posted on 05/01/2023 6:38:08 PM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: Responsibility2nd

‘Wetback Invaders’ works for me.


55 posted on 05/01/2023 8:37:19 PM PDT by tomkat (SOTU = FUBAR)
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To: immadashell
Suppose Mexico wants to build a wall to keep them from coming back?

And we'll most likely pay for it.

56 posted on 05/02/2023 5:46:15 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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