Qasim Rashid, Esq.I’m convinced Republican politicians don’t actually believe mental illness causes gun violence. But they do it because they just know that demonizing people with mental illness has no political consequences and also that doing so buys them enough time to feign outrage until the next mass shooting dominates the news cycle.
Erin ConroyGOP Gov. of TX Greg Abbott: "We as a state, we as a society, need to do a better job with mental health."
But in April 2022, he diverted more than $200m (£160m) of funding away from the Health and Human Services Commission, which is in charge of the state's mental health programmes.
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Texas ranks last among US states for overall access to mental health care, according to the 2022 State of Mental Health in America report.
