Texas Republican Governor and staunch gun-rights advocate Greg Abbott has found himself on the receiving end of a less than warm reception from his constituents, on the heels of the Uvalde massacre.
On Tuesday of last week, 18-year-old high school dropout turned gunman, Salvador Ramos, entered Robb Elementary School, where he barricaded himself inside a 4th-grade classroom and opened fire, shooting and killing 19 innocent children and 2 beloved teachers.
In the wake of the tragedy, Gov. Abbott has made it his mission to make this tragedy about anything other than the AR-15 assault rifle Ramos used to slaughter 21 innocent human beings. As a result, the people of Texas seem to have no love left for their GOP leadership.
Just yesterday, we reported on the boos, heckling, and jeers the people of Texas rightfully hurled at the governor, as he met with President Joe Biden at the site of the massacre that will go down as the deadliest school shooting in Texas’ modern history.
But it’s not just crowds of people that Abbott couldn’t put a name or face to if he tried that have hearts filled with loathing for the GOP governor. This has gotten personal for the people of Texas, for the people who were left behind with no child to take home on Tuesday evening.
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According to a new report from ABC News, the parents of one of the children that was shot and killed by Ramos in Robb Elementary School last week have refused to meet with Greg Abbott.
Felix and Kimberly Rubio’s daughter, Alexandria “Lexi” Rubio, was one of the 19 innocent lives claimed by a psychopath who legally bought a literal assault rifle just days before opening fire on an elementary school. They both say they have absolutely no interest in meeting with the state’s Republican governor in the wake of this life-shattering tragedy, with Kimberly Rubio saying, “my Lexi doesn’t even like him.”
“It’s not what Lexi would have wanted,” Kimberly Rubio stated.
Lexi’s mother said her daughter shared their views on gun control in the US.
There’s no reason for just an average citizen to have these types of weapons,” she said. Adding, “What for? What do you need them for? Is it worth my kid? These kids?”
Instead of wasting their time meeting with Greg Abbott, Felix and Kimberly are now focused on forcing legislators to finally do the right thing and implement a ban on AR-15-style assault weapons. Felix Rubio, an off-duty deputy sheriff, feels certain that his department will go against him for supporting stricter gun laws and control, but he doesn’t care.
Felix and Kimberly, who have two children in the Uvalde school, were actually at Robb Elementary School on the morning of the shooting for two awards ceremonies, one at 8 a.m. and another at 10:30 a.m.
Once they heard about the shooting, Felix returned to the elementary school while Salvador Ramos was still alive inside the building, and said he saw the gunman get shot.
Authorities have confirmed that Ramos was active inside the elementary school for a total of 77 minutes before an elite Border patrol unit breached the 4th-grade classroom and killed the gunman. Ramos discharged 315 rounds of ammunition during his time inside the school, with hundreds of those shots fired within the first four minutes of barricading himself inside the classroom.
TX officials have admitted that their controversial decision to not breach the classroom sooner during the rampage was the “wrong decision.” Lexi’s mother, Kimberly, said she blames herself for her daughter’s death, for not just taking her children home after the morning’s ceremony.
“I have enough ‘what ifs’ on my end, so I am not interested in reading about somebody else’s mistakes, because I already have to live with my own,” Kimberly Rubio said.
“It wasn’t done on purpose, but it’s still a mistake because I made it, otherwise she’d be home with me. I left my baby at that school.”
Felix and Kimberly told ABC News that Lexi Rubio was a softball player who loved ice cream after every meal and wanted to be a lawyer when she grew up.
“She wanted to make a difference. And I want that for her now, she still can,” her mother said.
“As far as like bringing my kids back to school next year, yes, we’re terrified. We’re terrified because we didn’t think it would happen here.”
Read the full report and see the Rubio’s interview from ABC News here.
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