Even before Tuesday’s tragedy, this Texas town had been going through a lot. And its mayor was doing his best to hold the community together.
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Ulvade, Texas., mayor Don McLaughlin drives through his hometown, April 2022.
Carine Hajjar
On Wednesday, Beto O’Rourke, a candidate for governor of Texas, interrupted Governor Greg Abbott’s press conference on the Robb elementary school shooting in Uvalde. “This is on you,” he said.
Don McLaughlin, mayor of Uvalde, stood up onstage behind Abbott and called O’Rourke a “sick son of a b****,” saying he couldn’t believe O’Rourke would “come to a deal like this to make a political issue.”
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Carine Hajjar, a former National Review intern, is a Joseph Rago Fellow at the Wall Street Journal.
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On Wednesday, Beto O’Rourke, a candidate for governor of Texas, interrupted Governor Greg Abbott’s press conference on the Robb elementary school shooting in Uvalde. “This is on you,” he said.
Don McLaughlin, mayor of Uvalde, stood up onstage behind Abbott and called O’Rourke a “sick son of a b****,” saying he couldn’t believe O’Rourke would “come to a deal like this to make a political issue.”
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About the Author
Carine Hajjar, a former National Review intern, is a Joseph Rago Fellow at the Wall Street Journal.
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