Nicolle Wallace broke in Abbott's presser with fact checking

[madaboutharry]

Abbott claims background checks don't work. It is all about mental health care.

Nicolle: Texas is 50th in providing mental health care.

NOW HE LEAVES! WHAT A JERK.

[dchill]

1. K&R!

[Hekate]

2. That's one reason we like her so much

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. He can't take the heat from her...so he leaves. He's a fucking coward. n/t

[PCIntern]

4. She did a great job ...

Very sharp, cogent, and appropriately emotional.

[calimary]

5. Need a second one.

He blew off the idea of background checks because of some pretty lame-sounding reasons. If the background checks didn't do enough, (background checks on parents of young shooter but not of the shooter himself, etc) WHY aren't they fine-tuning the background check process.

it's always the sidecar canard - "Mental health! Mental health! Mental health!"

MAN-oh-MAN am I EVER sick and tired of THAT one!

[leftieNanner]

7. And their new excuse word is "evil"

If a shooter is "evil" then there is nothing - not even mental healthcare that can make a difference.

It's all about Satan........blah, blah, blah.

The new way to wash their blood soaked hands of the whole thing.

I'm sick of it all too calimary.

[calimary]

14. Well, maybe when they say "this is evil," the proper response is "Yes, YOU ARE!"

[SergeStorms]

6. Facts, truth, and commen sense.....

are not on the GQP's side. When faced with any of these three positive factors they end the discussion and run - or in Abbott's case roll - away.

They have nothing but fear on their side, and fear is a very poor master. It works only on those with the weakest minds, hence MAGAts.

[leftieNanner]

8. Was Nicole at the presser?

Or was this on her show?

Can't imagine a coward like Abbott would ever go on MSNBC - least of all with a sharp no BS journalist like Nicole Wallace.

[madaboutharry]

10. No, she of course wasn't there. She cut in on her show.

She broke in on it on her show. She was very angry.

[IronLionZion]

9. Republicans are mentally ill

so they are not wrong that mental health is the problem. What exactly is Abbott doing to help diagnose and treat people who need mental health care. And more importantly, how does he plan to keep guns from people who are likely to commit mass shootings?

I'm a law abiding American citizen, so why should I get strip searched at the airport every time I fly? One of the "The Points Guy" employees is on a federal watch list for accidentally smuggling an illegal banana on an international flight.

Everyone is law abiding until they break the law. Trying to predict who is likely to commit a mass murder is never going to be as effective as making it harder to get the weapons. Make them jump through hoops. It should be difficult and time consuming.

[OverBurn]

11. How about free mental healthcare for everyone, along with regular healthcare, you evil fucks.

[qazplm135]

12. why do I have to pay for everyone else's mental health..

it's not like it's going to affect me...

oh, wait a minute...

[mgardener]

13. He also cut money for the budget for mental health budget

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.

[calimary]

16. THANK YOU. Put your money where your big mouth is, Abbott.

[trof]

15. Clip? Please? Anyone?

[SWBTATTReg]

17. I love her. Perhaps every single republican from now on, needs to have a 'minder' tag along w/ ...

them, in order to ensure that the truth is being spoken and that the republicans aren't lying through their teeth. It's getting to the point that these jokes about how many people/janitors/etc. it takes to change a lightbulb and the same sort of thing is going to happen w/ the question of 'how many republicans does it take to tell the truth? or not lie?

I suspect that there aren't enough minders around to keep an eye on these liars.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

18. The NRA needs Putin's money. And Putin is trying to destroy US

Republicans are helping him do so, wittingly or not. Their demonization of the term democratic is a sure sign that they don't care about the welfare of the country. Nor do those who vote for them.

Well done right wing hate radio!