From Ted Cruz to Ronny Jackson: Here Are Four Times the Texas GOP Went Gaga Over Guns
, which resulted in the deaths of 19 children and two teachers, couldn’t crush the Lone Star’s gun lust.Republican Gov. Greg Abbottafter a 2015 tweet reemerged following the Uvalde massacre. In it, he told constituents he was “EMBARRASSED” that Texas had been surpassed by California in new firearm purchases.
“Let’s pick up the pace Texans,” Abbott wrote at the time, also tagging the National Rifle Association in the tweet. I'm EMBARRASSED: Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind CALIFORNIA. Let's pick up the pace Texans.
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