Do something. Do something. Do something. That is the loudest refrain of demagogues in the wake of the tragic elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

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Welcome back to verdict with Ted Cruz. I'm Michael Knowles senator. Everyone is debating not not just the horrific incident that happened in Evalde this shooting at this elementary school, but it seems like from the very second that this happened.

You had demagogues pushing their own pre existing political agenda and yelling and saying do something do something and mocking and deriding anyone who suggested that we ought to pray about this and we ought to let people grieve and mourn.

You have not just been observing this from afar. You have been down in Evalde. What have you seen yesterday morning.

I flew into Evalde. I went first to meet with the local leaders in law enforcement. Matt with a mayor, Matt with county judge, Matt with a sheriff who's absolutely destroyed.

Matt with Texas DPS and the FBI, the district attorney's office and the superintendent of the school board and the chief of the school police. And we started the day with with about a two hour briefing of what we knew at that point.

What we know is evolving. We know more today than we knew yesterday. But the shooter 18 years old, as you know, in the morning, got up and shot his grandmother in the face.

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