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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Oct 1, 2022, 12:17 PM Oct 2022

Uvalde families stand with Beto O'Rourke amid Republican silence on gun reform [View all]

A small photo of Jacklyn Casarez, one of the children killed during the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, in May, graced the front of a greeting card held by Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke, who visited a Rio Grande Valley park Friday morning before the one and only staged debate with incumbent governor Greg Abbott.

“Maybe you don’t consider yourself a political person,” Kimberly Rubio, whose 10-year-old daughter Lexi was also killed in the 24 May shooting at Robb elementary, said Friday during a pre-debate news conference.

“Maybe you’re not a fan of either candidate, but I implore you to ask yourself, do you want to send your child off to school and have them return? Do you want to hug them every night before bed? Do you want the opportunity to watch them grow?”

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The Rubios were one of several Uvalde families who accompanied O’Rourke to Edinburg on Friday, despite the 10-hour bus ride each way.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/uvalde-families-stand-with-beto-o-rourke-amid-republican-silence-on-gun-reform/ar-AA12tCAF

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