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Texas residents criticized state legislators at a hearing on Tuesday night, claiming they were unresponsive in the aftermath of the shootings in Uvalde.
Bradley Hodges scolded lawmakers and discussed strategies to make the school safer after the Senate Special Committee to protect all Texans was convened for 12 hours.
“Is there an institutional prejudice in the Texas school system against the implementation of objectively rational safeguards?” Residents asked officials during a section opened for public comment. rice field.
“Why are you a school administrator? [administrators] Do you refuse to take your child seriously? “He added.
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Hodges noted that state legislators swiftly enforced a lockdown on the COVID-19 pandemic, but were slow to deal with gun violence at school. “But can they bother with locking the door?” He shook his head and asked with visible frustration.
“It’s the opposite of school safety,” he said. “It’s a child’s danger at the institutional level.”
Residents went on to say that the problem “has been allowed to suffer for too long.”
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Hodges theorized that the consequences of negligence were “more violence, escalated violence, and repeated mass casualties.”
Residents also accused “radical Democrats” of using “awakened ideology” in the school curriculum to “sow more division, hatred, and mental illness.”
“Awakening has complete control over this school system, and it has violent and deadly consequences,” he joked.
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After hearings for most days on Tuesday, Texas residents were encouraged to work on comments and questions to lawmakers.
Many civilians left when the hearing lasted for more than 12 hours.