The Uvalde Shooting. San Antonio's Response.

[hamsterjill]

By way of background, I grew up in Uvalde County but have lived in San Antonio for many years.

San Antonio is considered “blue” while Uvalde county is red. Many of the right leaning residents there constantly berate “the left” and the horrors that Democrats impose.

Yesterday’s shootings were horrific and the small, rural hospital in Uvalde no doubt did all they could, but ultimately all of the patients needing trauma care have been transferred to San Antonio. I am SO proud of the response of San Antonio and the medical teams at University Hospital and BAMC. The people of San Antonio were asked to donate blood and last night, there was a two hour wait to sign in to give blood. There are now appointments booked through Saturday. Seven hundred people, I believe.

So, the “blue” city has opened its door and hearts to the “red” city. That’s the way it should be and I support this.

But do the idiots like the mayor of Uvalde, Don McLaughlin, ever stop to think that their asses would be in a whole lot worse shape if they couldn’t depend on the “blue” city helping them out? I rather doubt that they do.

[dchill]

1. Good for you and your Blue city!

Someone has to do it.

[Aristus]

2. Proud of the city of my birth!

It's such a shame that red-state (city, county, etc) America can't see that without Blue America, they'd have absolutely no support mechanism for their feckless beliefs and lifestyles. Without us, they would have to either learn how to cooperate, co-exist, and get along, or face going extinct.

I'm not saying that last option is a deal-breaker...

[Pas-de-Calais]

3. Uvalde mayor was the one who called Beto an SOB

[DET]

4. I don't get it...

The mayor sounded like a particularly obnoxious good ‘ol boy. Why would a majority Latino town elect someone like that?

[Rebl2]

5. There

are many Latino’s that are republicans

[flying_wahini]

7. (DFW here) Many Latinos in Texas vote about abortion and that's all. The red herring..

Some Hispanic friends of mine actually said they feel like the Dems are too easy on immigrants since they did the work and Went thru the official channels and they don’t want to seem biased by voting for more immigration. Doesn’t make sense but that’s what they said.

Go figure.

[Rebl2]

8. I have

read that before too. I used to know a gal that came here from Canada as a small child with her parents and at a certain age-eleven or twelve-she had to take a test to become a citizen. I don’t know if that’s true, but that’s what she told me. I would have thought since her parents became citizens that she was automatically a citizen. She resented immigrants that came across the border, because like you said, they didn’t do the work.

[Deminpenn]

10. As Nuck Confessire said,

yesterday's immigrants are today's nativists.

[LeftInTX]

9. Small town, rural

It's a small town where Dairy Queen and HS football are the main attractions.
Rural voters are GOP

[XanaDUer2]

6. Wonderful

That mayor is awful like a Boss Hogg character. No, I'm sure he doesn't know or care.

He's a jackass