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Sheriff Ruben Nolasco won re-election despite pressure from victims’ families to step down and a Justice Department report finding ‘cascading’ failures among the law enforcement response that day

For nearly two years, a Texas county sheriff has refused to step down after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in 2022.

Instead, on Super Tuesday, Uvalde County sheriff Ruben Nolasco faced voters for the first time in the wake of the massacre.

And he won re-election with roughly 39 per cent of votes against three Republican challengers, according to preliminary results.

The sheriff has repeatedly rebuffed calls to resign or withdraw his candidacy for re-election despite overwhelming public pressure from victims’ families, demands that he face criminal charges, and a federal investigation that detailed a minute-by-minute timeline exposing “cascading” failures in the law enforcement response that day.

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (9 children)

I've said it before, Uvalde had a chance to bring about change and they immediately voted Abbott back in and their community reelected the same sheriffs and judges who did nothing while their kids died. After a point my sympathy is used to for these people, if they don't care about their own kids and community, why should I?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It’s infuriating.

How can you live in that community and be happy with this as an outcome?

Zero accountability for anyone with the blood of literal children on their hands but I’m sure they’ll go after the corrupting influence of ‘woke’ Democrats.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (15 children)

Yep. This is why I stopped feeling sorry for people in red states.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

The most Texan thing ever.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago

Stupid is as stupid does.

[–] [email protected] 104 points 7 months ago (4 children)

It's the Republican primary, not the general election

And 39% for the incumbent in a primary is far from a decisive win

He probably won't win the general.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago

Nope, in a rural Texas county, the Republican primary is for all intents and purposes the general.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Remember how soon after the massacre, Uvalde county overwhelmingly voted to re-elect Abbot?

These people don't care about their own children

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[–] [email protected] 114 points 7 months ago (2 children)

That's still an embarrassing amount of ppl wanting an incompetent failure running the sheriff department

[–] [email protected] 38 points 7 months ago

Only if you forget the sample is republican primary voters...

Hell, it's probably less votes than trump got. When even trump voters are turning him down, he ain't gonna win the general.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If we could just declare schoolchildren to be embryos, Republicans might consider their lives to have value and be worth protecting.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago

Nope.

In Alabama, as soon as the Republicans realized their craziness impacted their own lives, changing the rules became the top priority of the state. They are doing a perfect job of showing us they could do their jobs super efficiently, but have zero desire to.

Also, their workaround will protect the businesses and the doctors, but not the patients.

Cruelty to the 'others' is the point.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There's just no fucking hope for these people. I have no words

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