Beto O'Rourke showed up and interrupted Texas Governor Greg Abbott's press conference on the tragic mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas (via CNN). O'Rourke is hoping to defeat Abbott in the upcoming gubernatorial race, and he made it clear that they couldn't be more different.
He called out Abbott in front of a crowded press conference. "The time to stop the next shooting is right now and you are doing nothing.," he said. "Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47. We're not going to allow it to be used against our fellow Americans anymore."
Twitter couldn't get enough of O'Rourke's interruption. Fred Guttenberg, who lost his daughter in the Parkland shooting, tweeted, "You are my hero @BetoORourke. From the bottom of my heart, for my daughter Jaime and all victims of gun violence, thank you." Another Twitter user chimed in. "What Beto O'Rourke did today was simply heroic," they wrote. "He stood up for something he clearly feels deeply about, and didn't second-guess himself about consequences – very unlike most politicians."
Many tweets called for the citizens of Texas to vote for O'Rourke following the press conference moment.
