Uvalde Texas mass shooting

Beto O'Rourke's outburst at Abbott's news conference shows the spine Democrats need

Was it a political stunt? Absolutely. Was it wrong to do that a day after 19 children and two adults were gunned down at an elementary school? I don't think so. It gave voice to what many are feeling.

USA TODAY

Americans witnessed something rare in Texas on Wednesday: a Democrat with a spine.

Gubernatorial candidate and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke showed up at news conference about the horrific Robb Elementary School shooting and confronted Gov. Greg Abbott. He busted right into the middle of the briefing – decorum be damned – and said what a whole lot of Americans would like to say: “You’re doing nothing. You’re offering us nothing.”