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Just Thinking and Praying … And Sitting on Their Hands While
Folks Are Getting Killed
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R.
Louisiana) – “Praying for the students,
teachers and first responders affected by the tragic
shooting in Florida. Our hearts go out to the victims and
their families.”
Cassidy received
$2,861,047 from the NRA and an A+ rating for his
effectiveness in keeping assault rifles in the hands of
American sportsmen.
Sen. Mike Rounds (R. SD) –
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the
families of the victims & all those impacted by today’s
senseless shooting in Florida.” Rounds received $93,049 in
just the last election cycle from the NRA and earned its A+
rating.
Rep. Ken Buck (R.
Colorado) – “I’m devastated to hear about the tragedy in
Florida. Praying today for the students and
all those impacted.”
Buck likes the AR -15
assault rifle so much – the same one used in recent
shootings in Florida and Las Vegas – he keeps one in his
Washington, D.C. office. It’s illegal to have one in D.C.
but because he’s a member of Congress, he’s not subjected to
the same laws as ordinary citizens. The NRA likes the fact
that he can flout the law and hes donated to his campaigns
to the sum of $800,544
Sen Marco Rubio (R.
Florida) – “Just spoke to Broward School Superintendent.
Today is that terrible day you pray never
comes.”
Rubio has received
$3,303,355 in campaign donations from the National Rifle
Association while thinking and praying every time that
terrible day comes … and comes … and comes. Especially in
Florida. Rubio is apparently daunted by the very challenge
of limiting access to assault rifles. “These public policy
issues are more complex than what is often reported.”
Sen Cory Gardner (R.
Colorado) – “I am heartbroken for the students & family of
those involved in this horrible tragedy & I’m praying
for our first responders as they act swiftly to contain the
situation
Garden has received
3,879,064 from the NRA and, of course received an A+ rating
for his efforts to keep assault rifles in the hands of kids
so they can kill other kids
“The shooting should
prompt policy makers to examine ways they can improve
mental-health care,” he later added thoughtfully. Clearly
the honorable gentleman from Colorado thinks that America’s
murder rate – which is six times that of Canada’s on murder
per million resident basis – is because Americans are six
times crazier than our neighbors to the north.
Sen. Rob Portman (R. Ohio)
– “Heartbreaking news out of Florida. Jane and I send
our prayers to the school, the community and the
victims of this tragedy.”
Portman received
$3,061,941 from the NRA so that he can avoid addressing
honestly the issue that plagues American communities.
However the good news is that since he started his Twitter
account in 2009, Portman has tweeted his prayers to victims
of more than 10 mass shootings … very prayerful guy!
"Rob’s
priority is doing right by the people of Ohio and that is
what guides his legislative decisions in Washington,” says
his spokeswoman in answer to any inquiry about the senator’s
policy views
Sen. Thom Tillis (R. North
Carolina) – “Tragic news out of Florida. Please keep the
victims, their families, first responders and the community
in your thoughts and prayers.
The NRA gave Tillis
$4,418,012 and an A+ grade for his thoughts and prayers and
for keeping Americans free to purchase and own assault
rifles. Tillis was an early supporter of the “Thin Blue Line
Act” which proposed harsher penalties for those who killed
first responders. That is, don’t enact legislation to
prevent guns from getting into potential offenders hands.
Let them have the guns, even assault rifles, let them kill
law enforcement officials, then the state can kill the
perpetrators. All that killing will generate a lot of
thoughts and prayers.
Joni Ernst (R. Iowa) –
“Please join me in praying for the students,
faculty and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as
well as their loved ones. Let us also show our gratitude to
the courageous first responders.
$3,124,273 from the NRA
"My push has always been focusing on mental illness," Ernst
said after her prayerful statement. "That is the root cause
of the issue. Mental illness." Ernst, like all of these
Republican-elected officials voted last January to overturn
the Obama administration’s rule that would have kept
firearms out of the hands of a few thousand individuals with
severe mental illness.
"Our thoughts and
prayers are not enough,” said President Barack Obama in
September 2015 after a shooting at a community college in
Oregon.
"It's not enough. It
does not capture the heartache and grief and anger that we
should feel. And it does nothing to prevent this carnage
from being inflicted someplace else in America,
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