opinion | Beto’s Classless Uvalde Political Count

Sometimes politicians act in a manner that reflects badly on their judgment and character and disrespects the cause they wish to pursue.

Such was the stunt of Robert Francis O’Rourke on May 25, the day 19 students and two teachers were killed at Rob’s Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. About 15 minutes into a news conference by state and local officials to update the press on the investigation into the shooting, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate stormed into the high-school auditorium, slipping into a seat near the front, which was held by a supporter. was held, and awaited his close-up.