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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAbbott calls Texas school shooting a mental health issue but cut state spending for it
Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that the Uvalde school shooter had a "mental health challenge" and the state needed to "do a better job with mental health" yet in April he slashed $211 million from the department that oversees mental health programs.
In addition, Texas ranked last out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia for overall access to mental health care, according to the 2021 State of Mental Health in America report.
"We as a state, we as a society, need to do a better job with mental health," Abbott said during a news conference at Robb Elementary School, where a gunman shot and killed 19 children and two teachers on Tuesday.
His remarks came just a day after an outraged Connecticut senator called out lawmakers opposed to gun control who seek to blame mental illness for the most recent school shooting and others before it.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/abbott-calls-texas-school-shooting-mental-health-issue-cut-state-spend-rcna30557?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
In addition, Texas ranked last out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia for overall access to mental health care, according to the 2021 State of Mental Health in America report.
"We as a state, we as a society, need to do a better job with mental health," Abbott said during a news conference at Robb Elementary School, where a gunman shot and killed 19 children and two teachers on Tuesday.
His remarks came just a day after an outraged Connecticut senator called out lawmakers opposed to gun control who seek to blame mental illness for the most recent school shooting and others before it.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/abbott-calls-texas-school-shooting-mental-health-issue-cut-state-spend-rcna30557?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
Greg Abbott: He had a mental health crisis! We need better mental healthcare!
Also Greg Abbott: *slashes $200 million from Texas' mental health departments*
Texas: *ranks 50th out of 50 in mental health care*
Fuck him.
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Abbott calls Texas school shooting a mental health issue but cut state spending for it (Original Post)
Initech
May 2022
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tanyev
(42,663 posts)1. You doing anything to keep AR-15s out of the hands of people with "mental health challenges", Gov?
Initech
(100,129 posts)2. This tweet aged well: