Governor Abbott and Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, Please Read What Your Constituents Said Today on Capitol Hill
AUSTIN, Texas -- In case Governor Abbott and Lt. Governor Dan Patrick were unable to watch their constituents testify on Capitol Hill today about the epidemic of gun violence in America, we’ve compiled a few key quotes for them to heed:
Roy Guerrero, M.D., pediatrician from Uvalde, Texas:
- “Two children, whose bodies had been so pulverized by the bullets fired at them, over and over again, whose flesh had been so ripped apart, that the only clue as to their identities were the blood spattered cartoon clothes still clinging to them. Clinging for life and finding none. I could only hope these two bodies were the tragic exception to the list of survivors. But as I waited there with my fellow Uvalde doctors, nurses, first responders and hospital staff for the other casualties we hoped to save, they NEVER arrived. All that remained was the bodies of 17 more children and the two teachers who cared so much for them, who dedicated their careers to nurturing and respecting the awesome potential of every single one.”
- “…But making sure our children are safe from guns, that’s the job of our politicians and leaders. In this case, you are the doctors and our country is the patient. We are lying on the operating table, riddled with bullets like the children of Robb Elementary and so many other schools. We are bleeding out and you are not there. You are sitting in your office filling out the paperwork so you can get paid. My oath as a doctor means that I signed up to save lives. I do my job. I guess it turns out that I am here to plead. To beg. To please, please do yours.”
Miah Cerrillo, student survivor of the massacre at Robb Elementary:
- “...We were just watching a movie and then she got an email and then she went to go lock the door and he was in the hallway and they made eye contact. Then she went back in the room and told us to go hide and then we went to go hide behind my teacher’s desk and behind the backpacks. And then he shot the little window and then he went to the other classroom and then he went…there’s a door between our classrooms and he went through there and shot my teacher and told my teacher…cause he shot her in the head and then he shot some of my classmates and the white board. When I went to the backpacks, he shot my friend that was next to me and I thought he was going to come back to the room. So, I got a little blood and I put it all over me and I just stayed quiet and then I got my teacher’s phone and called 911.”
- “We do not want you to think of Lexi as just a number. She was intelligent, compassionate, and athletic. She was quiet. Shy, unless she had a point to make. When she knew she was right, as she so often was, she stood her ground. She was firm, direct, voice unwavering. So, today, we stand for Lexi, and, as her voice, we demand action. We seek a ban on assault rifles and high-capacity magazines. We understand that for some reason, to some people, to people with money, to people who fund political campaigns, that guns are more important than children, so at this moment we ask for progress. We seek to raise the age to purchase these weapons from 18 to 21 years of age. We seek red flag laws, stronger background checks...”
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