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George Takei is taking to social media to call out Texas Governor Greg Abbott for the crude way he’s speaking of the tragedy in Texas on Friday night, when a man on the run mercilessly killed five family members.
ABC News reported that all five members of the family were shot execution style, on Friday evening, with the youngest being an eight-year-old boy. It’s unfathomable, as is every act of violence we often have to discuss in this country, and we always hope that when these things happen, they’ll be handled with care and compassion.
In comes Governor Greg Abbott, who spoke of the victims with language that isn’t just unkind but is factually incorrect, and people are upset about it. In fact, Takei isn’t the only one on social media who has an issue with how Abbott decided to use his platform to speak about the shooting and the innocent victims.
Takei pointed out on social media platform Mastodon that not only was Abbott despicable for his use of verbiage in describing those who were so unfairly and deplorably treated, but he was flat-out wrong.
“Gov. Abbott found it politically expedient to label the murdered victims in Texas as “illegal aliens.” He was not only despicable, he was wrong.”
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