Is anyone watching this press conference

[kacekwl]

by Texas official right now. This is keystone cops stuff. Guy is making no sense and I'm more confused now more than ever.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Red flag for lying: word salad to confuse and deflect

[sop]

2. But he has visual aids, and stuff.

[Demovictory9]

9. Not good ones

[SoCalDavidS]

3. The Press Doesn't Seem To Be Buying Any Of It

LOTS of questions being shouted out.

[AngryOldDem]

21. They shouldn't.

These clowns have lost all their credibility.

[samnsara]

4. im watching Juia Child press a duck....

[demtenjeep]

5. complete shit show

lying mother fucker


blaming teachers

[AkFemDem]

13. Well someone left the door open...

And it being a teacher is probably the truth. That said, I can only imagine the torture that person is going through in their own head and it certainly could have been posited as “Someone unlocked and propped the door open” without specifying it was a teacher.

[sop]

6. It's rapidly devolving into a complete clusterfuck.

[BlackSkimmer]

22. I'm surprised they haven't closed it down.

Is the mayor there? I noticed Abbot isn't there.

I notice he ignored the question about who the incident commander was.

[AkFemDem]

7. I feel like he watched a bunch of

Press conferences throughout his life and this is how he imagined it’s supposed to go, like when I watched people drive cars and imagined I could just jump behind the wheel… it’s working out as well for him as my idiotic jump behind the wheel at age 14 did for me.

Totally in over his head. Small town politicking and policing not translating well on the national level. This department was not prepared for this assault or handling the aftermath.

[gldstwmn]

51. An off duty Border Patrol agent borrowed a shotgun from his barber and rushed to the school

to begin evacuating students and his wife who was a teacher. Not prepared is an understatement.

[global1]

8. When Will They Learn How To Conduct A News Conference?.....

I hate it when everyone yells out questions in unison. There is no microphone - so you never really hear the essence of the question. You only get an answer - and you really don't know what the question that was being addressed.

How soon will this devolve into a confrontation between the questioners and the guy answering the questions. When will he begin to get defensive?

[XanaDUer2]

12. Its annoying. They should walk up to microphone

I want to hear the questions

[BlackSkimmer]

24. He's ignoring a lot of questions too.

Those cowboy hats never used to bother me, but they sicken me now.

[mobeau69]

16. And they are keeping the press too far.

[ThoughtCriminal]

23. I suspect that is not accidental

They would prefer the questions not be heard.

[global1]

25. What's With The Cowboy Hats?....

Is this a rodeo?

[Paladin]

37. Late May in South Texas. Full sun, 90+ degrees.

Those cowboy hats come in handy, unless you're fond of skin cancer.

[hatrack]

48. Plus I'm sure they're rockin' that Joe Rogan skinhead "warrior" look . . .

Which doesn't go well with Texas summer sunshine.

[ChazII]

10. #6 nailed it. n/t

[EarlG]

11. The Col. just said

"we know he played cyber games."



Also, the thing that he most seems to want made clear is that, "I wasn't there at the time..."

[AngryOldDem]

17. Oh, so now we're back to blaming video games.

Quelle predictable.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

32. Video games, mental illness it all the same song and dance.

GOP only knows those two dances when it comes to gun violence.

[agingdem]

52. Hey, assholes...

it's not video games, it's not an open door, it's the fucking assault rifles!...the assault rifles the cops were too afraid of to enter the building...do they not see the problem here???

[BlackSkimmer]

28. He also just said, " we can learn how to do better next time."

NEXT TIME????

[Lady Freedom Returns]

34. As long as gun laws are the way they are, I have no doubt it will.

[BlackSkimmer]

36. Oh, I agree, but the absolute tone deafness in saying that.

This is unreal.

[AngryOldDem]

42. Well, according to Abbott...

Things COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.

[BlackSkimmer]

44. Gah, no words.

[Ohio Joe]

30. Now the fucker just said he was going to be looking at 'chat room gaming'...

As a line of investigation... WTF?

[AngryOldDem]

14. I bailed when they said a teacher propped open the door.

No time for this gaslighting, victim-blaming bullshit.

The door is tangential at this point. That still does not explain why these brave defenders of public safety stood around outside and did nothing but maybe harass parents for 40 minutes, while people died inside.

[gldstwmn]

50. On the news last night they interviewed a parent that was there and said there were

"bullets hitting the dirt." I could not figure out what the context was. They were standing there keeping the parents out while bullets were hitting the dirt around them?

[spanone]

15. Sounds like they stood around while the murderer did his business.

[Lulu Latech]

18. Ridiculous

Sounds like they are trying to get away with saying they made a "whoopsie" Total incompetency

[BlackSkimmer]

19. Notice how Abbot isn't there?

Complete chickenshit POS.

[AngryOldDem]

26. Isn't he at the NRA gunfest in Houston?

[BlackSkimmer]

29. No, he announced he was staying in Uvalde, which makes this even worse.

Where the fuck is he?

[AngryOldDem]

38. Well then, he's chickenshit.

Isn’t it funny how these big, bad defenders of firepower suddenly disappear when things get a little too real?

[sop]

20. Sounds like the Texas DPS director is hanging the cops at the scene out to dry.

[BlackSkimmer]

33. But he won't answer who the incident commander was.

Chickenshit cowboy wannabes. At least he's not wearing a hat.

[sop]

39. Those two expressionless badasses standing behind are...probably Texas Rangers...

[sop]

27. Oh, geez...the guy's breaking down and crying now!

[hatrack]

35. Boo-hoo, motherfucker

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So sad for you, so very, very sad.

[AngryOldDem]

40. "Yeah! I'll start crying! I'll look contrite and sympathetic, the press will stop riding my ass."

Nope.

[Paladin]

43. Cry us a river, DPS director. (nt)

[Norbert]

45. Sorry, dude, but the tears I shed are for the kids who lost both parents

this week. Their life will never be the same.

[pressbox69]

31. They should be Showing Close Up's of the Murdered Victims.

Although it may not heal the Hearts and Souls of the Survivors, it may turn the stomachs of the Useless Idiots who keep voting in the NRA/GOP Blood Suckers.

[madaboutharry]

41. I just love Shimon Prokupecz from CNN.

The press forced the truth to come out.

Horrible mistakes and bad awful decisions.

[highplainsdem]

46. Got home from shopping in time to catch only the very end of it, and the horrified reaction to

it on ABC (which I'd turned on expecting to get local news then).

[Novara]

47. I am without words

Except that all those cops need to be fired AND prosecuted as accessories to the murder of 19 children and 2 adults.

[durablend]

49. Psssh not a chance

They'll all get medals and free donuts for life.