An activist confronted Senator Ted Cruz after his participation in the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting. Photo: REUTERS
Republican Senator Ted Cruz experienced some turbulent moments after his participation in the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association (NRA, for its acronym in English), held after Tuesday’s massacre at Robb Elementary School, which left 21 dead (19 children and two teachers), in Uvalde, Texas.
On Friday, after participating with former President Donald Trump at an NRA meeting held at the convention center in Houston, Texas, the same state where the massacre took place, the U.S. senator was approached by a young man with the intention of taking a selfie. . But what the lawmaker did not expect was a confrontation with an activist from the Indivisible Houston group, an organization that presents itself as progressive and promotes “positive political change.”
The fact is that this young man, identified as Benjamín Hernández, was a member of the board of directors of this group, and after he hugged the senator he asked him.
“Nineteen children died!”Hernandez told Cruz, because he asks that he support background checks and other reforms. The security personnel who accompanied the senator were quickly alarmed and as they drove him away from the area, the activist even said: “That’s in your hands!”
The scene that took place at a restaurant called Uptown Sushi went viral on social media, according to Indivisible Houston.
Speaking to The Washington Post, Hernandez said he approached Cruz because he hoped to get the senator’s promise to pass a bill in favor of a background check on gun sales, which is unlikely to pass the Senate.
“I want you to give me an answer to something as simple and straightforward as Background CheckHernandez, 39. “But he seems to be abdicating the responsibility of being a U.S. senator,” he added.
The protest resulted in a sort of escrache and the man was accompanied by the senator’s security, who after a hot flash returned to his desk.
“Challenge them every time. Don’t stop until they’re doing something” Hernández posted to spread his campaign on social networks.
In his presentation Indivisible Houston “advocates for the government of, of and for the people through education, commitment and resistance. We are building bridges in Houston to fight for a more equal and progressive world, through political pressure “.
Ted Cruz in his presentation at the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association. Photo: AP
Why do massacres only happen in America?
Strictly speaking, Ted Cruz not only had this incident after his participation in the National Rifle Association with Donald Trump, since days before, the senator left in an interview with Sky News after being asked if “it that the time to reform gun laws.
“Why is this only happening in America?“Mark Stone, a journalist for the British network, was asked to destroy the legislator’s patience.
But it all started when he was asked about the Texas hunt when it is time to reform the regulations about guns in America.
At that moment, the political leader tried to avoid the subject and the journalist insisted repeatedly until Cruz replied, obviously angrily ,: “You have stopped being a propagandist.”
At the NRA’s annual convention, Cruz criticized the Robb Elementary School massacre as “bad” while speaking out against gun control. “The gun ban is not working. Look at Chicago. If they worked, Chicago wouldn’t be a murder hell for so long. “
In front of many people, Cruz accused those who argue that guns are the “root of the problem.” causing unspeakable acts of evil, “he added.
At the same meeting, Donald Trump denied tighter controls on access to guns after the massacre at a Texas school and said that decent citizens should be able to arm themselves to defend themselves from to “evil”.
Placed flowers and candles around the crosses at a memorial built in front of Robb Elementary School to honor the victims who died in the shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Photo: AP
A massacre that re-ignites the debate on weapons
“It’s time to die,” Salvador Ramos said as he entered the classroom at Robb Elementary School in Texas, where seconds later he began the shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. The massacre was the deadliest at a school since the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre that left 28 dead, and it once again fueled the gun debate in the United States.
The discussion always ends on the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which gives Americans the right to own guns, and narrows the majority in Congress.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has called for tackling the gun lobby, and Democrats want to advance background check laws for gun buyers, but for Republicans the problem is mental health and safety in schools.
President Joe Biden speaks about the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Photo: AP
For example, Trump said that in no way can the “awesome NRA” be blamed for these crimes. During the convention, the former president read the names of 21 victims with the sound of rear bells, and pointed directly at the attacker: “the monster that committed this crime is pure evil, pure cruelty, pure hatred.”
“Whenever a troubled or insane person commits a horrible crime, there is always a strange effort on the part of some to use suffering to advance their extremist political agenda,” the former president criticized in front of an auditorium. where, ironically, it prohibits access with weapons.
The meeting was held with thousands of people gathered outside the doors of the Houston Convention Center to protest against the NRA’s holding of the conference, which continued the event despite numerous calls to cancel it after the massacre. .
With information from agencies
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