NRA holds annual meeting in Texas under cloud of controversy

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Admin

Texas governor backs out of in-person appearance as protesters descend on gun-rights group’s event

The National Rifle Association held its annual convention in Houston on Friday, three days after 19 children and two adults were shot dead at a school in Uvalde, as protesters gathered outside and high-profile speakers, including the governor of Texas, withdrew their attendance.

The event took place under a cloud of controversy and put in stark relief America’s deep divisions on gun control. As demonstrations swelled in Houston, attendees inside the convention – including Donald Trump – continued to deny that guns were the problem and put the emphasis on school safety and mental health.

Body recovered of Texas border soldier who drowned trying to save two people

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Admin

Bishop Evans jumped into the Rio Grande on Friday to save two people he thought were struggling to swim across

Search crews on Monday recovered the body of a Texas national guard soldier who apparently drowned three days earlier while trying to save two people he believed were struggling to swim across the Rio Grande near the US southern border.

The 22-year-old soldier, Bishop E Evans, was working in Eagle Pass as part of a border security operation under the direction of the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott. Evans’ superiors hailed him as “selfless” and condemned the people he was trying to save as suspected drug traffickers attempting to enter the country without permission.

Crews search Rio Grande for Texas soldier who jumped in to help migrants

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Admin

National guard soldier Bishop Evans, 22, attempted to save two people he believed were drowning but did not resurface

Search crews combed the Rio Grande for a third day Sunday looking for signs of a Texas national guard soldier who went missing in the water amid an attempt to save two people he believed were drowning.

For the first time Sunday, Texas officials publicly identified the missing soldier as Bishop E Evans, a 22-year-old specialist and field artilleryman.

Soldier in Texas border operation missing and feared to have drowned

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Admin

Officials dismiss reports that body of soldier, who was part of a security operation overseen by governor, has been found

A Texas national guard soldier who was part of a border security operation overseen by the state’s governor, Greg Abbott, went missing on Friday amid fears the soldier might have drowned in the Rio Grande.

The Texas military department said the disappearance occurred in the river in Eagle Pass during a mission associated with Abbott’s so-called Operation Lone Star.

Beto O’Rourke calls Texas governor Greg Abbott an ‘authoritarian’ and ‘thug’

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Admin

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate compared his Republican opponent to the Russian president Vladimir Putin

Can Texas go purple? It may depend on Hispanic voters

Beto O’Rourke, the Democratic candidate for Texas governor, has likened his Republican opponent to the Russian president Vladimir Putin, calling Greg Abbott an “authoritarian” and a “thug”.

As governor, Abbott has presided over draconian laws on issues including abortion, LGBTQ+ rights and voting rights. In February 2021, on his watch, a failure of the state energy grid during cold weather contributed to hundreds of deaths.

AOC on Texas governor’s ‘disgusting’ abortion remarks: ‘He is not familiar with a female body’

Posted on September 8, 2021 by Admin

Congresswoman explains basic biology to Greg Abbott after he claimed six weeks was ample time to get an abortion

Democrats including New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have decried Greg Abbott’s “deep ignorance” after the Texas governor inaccurately defended his state’s new anti-abortion law, saying that it does not require victims of rape and incest to carry pregnancies to term because it provides ample time for a person to get an abortion.

The law, which took effect on 1 September, is the most extreme anti-abortion measure in the US and essentially bans most abortions, offering no exceptions for rape or incest.