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Valerie Gonzalez in Edinburg, Texas

Uvalde families stand with Beto O’Rourke amid Republican silence on gun reform

Beto O'Rourke on Friday with family members of the children who lost their lives at Robb elementary school.
Beto O'Rourke on Friday with family members of the children who lost their lives at Robb elementary school. Photograph: Joel Martinez/AP

A small photo of Jacklyn Casarez, one of the children killed during the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, in May, graced the front of a greeting card held by Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke, who visited a Rio Grande Valley park Friday morning before the one and only staged debate with incumbent governor Greg Abbott.

“Maybe you don’t consider yourself a political person,” Kimberly Rubio, whose 10-year-old daughter Lexi was also killed in the 24 May shooting at Robb elementary, said Friday during a pre-debate news conference.

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