FB Denies Abbott’s Claims About Shooter’s Postings

May 25, 2022 Republicans, Social Media

Facebook is denying Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) allegation that the gunman who killed 21 people, including 19 children, at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday posted publicly about the attack on its platform.

Abbott said during a press conference Wednesday that the gunman, Salvador Ramos, posted three times before the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone said shortly after those comments that the messages described by the governor were “private one-to-one text messages that were discovered after the terrible tragedy occurred.”

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JUST IN: Facebook rejects Abbott allegation about Texas shooter’s posts https://t.co/KVij6O2l6B pic.twitter.com/927nofLp6z

— The Hill (@thehill) May 25, 2022

Before killing 19 children and two teachers in a Texas elementary school on Tuesday, the 18-year-old gunman wrote about his intentions on Facebook, according to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. The company says they were private messages. https://t.co/EA0JdF5wbM

— CNN (@CNN) May 25, 2022

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) says there was “no meaningful forewarning of this crime,” other than the Uvalde gunman’s Facebook posts:

“The third post, maybe less than 15 minutes before arriving at the school, was ‘I’m going to shoot an elementary school.’” pic.twitter.com/CDB5JukLt6

— The Recount (@therecount) May 25, 2022