Gov. Greg Abbott's initial comments on the shooting sparked outrage nationwide after labeling the victims as 'illegal immigrants.' He's since expressed some regret, noting it appears at least one of them was not.
PUBLISHED 9:45 PM CDT May 01, 2023AUSTIN, Texas — The search continues for a suspect investigators say shot and killed five people in San Jacinto County Friday night. The gunman is accused of killing his neighbors after they asked him to stop firing his gun so their baby could sleep. In the wake of the tragedy, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, blamed the shooting on the Biden administration's border policies. In the wake of the tragedy, Sen.
“As we saw again this weekend, the administration's policies victimize people who are attacked by dangerous individuals who never should have been in the United States in the first place,” Sen. Cornyn said. “How much pain and suffering will our country have to endure before the Biden administration takes this seriously?”on the shooting sparked outrage nationwide after labeling the victims as "illegal immigrants.
“He just was trying to drain some of the energy out of what he thought was the coming gun debate by raising the issue of illegal immigration,” Jillson said. “His opponents, of course, made the argument then that he was saying the fact that these people have been killed is somehow mitigated by the fact that they were here in Texas illegally. I doubt that's what he was trying to say, but he led with his chin. And so his opponents launched a roundhouse right, and caught him.
“Let's be very clear that the chaos that is involved in this state has nothing to do with immigration and has everything to do with loose Republican gun laws that allow everybody to walk down Congress [Avenue] with an AR-15 if they so chose,” Sen. Gutierrez said. , saying of the shooter, “The illegal alien was able to get a gun because policies @RolandForTexas supports allowed him in the country after he was deported multiple times.
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