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Parents of Uvalde child killed in school shooting refuse to meet with Gov. Greg Abbott
Who is surprised by this? Greg just wants to use these parents as props
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https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Uvalde-school-shooting-Robb-Elementary-victims-17206026.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Chron_AfternoonHeadlines&utm_term=Chron&utm_content=headlines&sid=59f36e8b6ce954d36f8b4bf8
The parents of 10-year-old Alexandra "Lexi" Aniyah Rubio, one of the 19 children killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting declined an invitation to meet with Gov. Greg Abbott, saying their daughter did not like the Republican leader.
Parents Kimberly and Felix Rubio told the New York Times that they were asked by Abbott's office on Wednesday if they wanted to meet with the governor but had no interesting in doing so. "My first thought was, ‘My Lexi doesn’t even like him," Kimberly told the Times. “She was really little, but we talked about this stuff at home.”
The parents are now calling for the state to ban the purchase of AR-15 style weapons, like the one suspected gunman Salvador Ramos is accused of using to kill 19 children and two teachers at the elementary school on Tuesday. Felix, an off-duty sheriff, told the Times he thinks his department will go against him for supporting such measures.
“We live in this really small town in this red state, and everyone keeps telling us, you know, that it’s not the time to be political, but it is — it is,” Kimberly told the Times. “Don’t let this happen to anybody else.”
Parents Kimberly and Felix Rubio told the New York Times that they were asked by Abbott's office on Wednesday if they wanted to meet with the governor but had no interesting in doing so. "My first thought was, ‘My Lexi doesn’t even like him," Kimberly told the Times. “She was really little, but we talked about this stuff at home.”
The parents are now calling for the state to ban the purchase of AR-15 style weapons, like the one suspected gunman Salvador Ramos is accused of using to kill 19 children and two teachers at the elementary school on Tuesday. Felix, an off-duty sheriff, told the Times he thinks his department will go against him for supporting such measures.
“We live in this really small town in this red state, and everyone keeps telling us, you know, that it’s not the time to be political, but it is — it is,” Kimberly told the Times. “Don’t let this happen to anybody else.”
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We need gun control and we need it now! 
