His Son Died in Uvalde. He’s Still Fighting.
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🗓️ 7 February 2023
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Summary
Immediately following a mass shooting, public officials will say that “now is not the time” to discuss what changes—for example, making it more difficult to get an assault weapon—could have prevented the shooting, yet once the media cycle moves on, so does the momentum for change. But Brett Cross, whose son was killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting in Texas, won’t give up his fight for accountability and reform.
Guest: Brett Cross, father of Uziyah Garcia, who was killed at Robb Elementary School in May 2022.
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Update, Feb. 7, 2023, a 1:10 p.m.: Brett Cross will not be attending the State of the Union address.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, back when we recorded this episode, a conversation with Brett Cross, he was planning |
| 0:09.0 | on attending the State of the Union. |
| 0:11.7 | A little while back, we learned that he wouldn't be able to go. |
| 0:15.1 | We're not sure why. |
| 0:16.1 | But we wanted to let you know that you're hearing the original version of this conversation. |
| 0:21.2 | Alright, here it is. |
| 0:29.9 | There's a long-standing tradition in Washington that during the President's State of the Union |
| 0:33.7 | Address, there are these special guests in the audience, avatars, for what politicians |
| 0:38.4 | want to get done. |
| 0:39.9 | Tonight, President Biden is said to have invited the family of Tyree Nichols, who was killed |
| 0:44.6 | at the hands of the Memphis Police. |
| 0:46.9 | A former Afghan ambassador is going to be in the audience, too. |
| 0:50.5 | Each Congressperson, they've got their own guest lists. |
| 0:54.3 | That's how Brett Cross will be there. |
| 1:00.9 | In truth, Brett wishes he could be anywhere else. |
| 1:04.7 | An invitation was extended to him because of the public tragedy he's living through. |
| 1:10.0 | Back in May, his 10-year-old son, Uzi, got killed at Rob Elementary School in Ovalde, Texas. |
| 1:18.2 | So you're going to Washington for the State of the Union. |
| 1:25.9 | How do you want to use that time that you're there? |
| 1:28.7 | It seems like an enormous, awful privilege. |
| 1:33.8 | I want to talk about my son and enlighten people on him and the devastation that the inactions |
| 1:47.5 | of other people have caused the families such as myself. |
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