It’s the first week of school for many—a time that should be filled with joy, not grief.
Those children in Minnesota were at Mass when their lives were stolen.
My heart goes out to all impacted by this act of violence. Gun violence has no place in our schools, our churches, or our communities.
Why little ones? 💔 There really are monsters in this world.
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Do you think if Trump would sign an executive order for gun reform and banning assault Rifles we could nominate him for a Nobel peace prize? You know, if his attempted coup works out for him.He'll give it to himself anyway.
Jasmine is too polite. These like the other murdered children were murdered by guns. Gun control could have saved thousands of lives, & the reason we don't have gun control is. . .well you know the answer.
Republicans are Murderers.
This is not just a blamescream of outrage. It's the actual truth.
If The National Guard has nothing better to do than picking up litter in DC, maybe they should put troops outside schools to prevent shootings.
I’m waiting to the Evangelical outrage…..waiting….waiting.
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No child should have to experience this kind of violence while attending school or church. Thoughts and prayers aren’t enough — our leaders must pass real legislation to protect kids.
Guns have no place in the hands of normal people.
Isn't it about time the US caught up with the rest of the world?
It's not the era of cowboys anymore...
Where are the usual suspects who rant and rave as they say even 1 violent crime by an "illegal" immigrant is too many, and vow action. Yet it's silence - or wearing assault rifle pins on their clothes - after mass shootings.
We must stop the cause of these tragedies. It’s the children being sacrificed to the American god of weapon profits for billionaires ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
You should be Speaker of the House.
Every child in your pathetic country goes to school on a daily basis in fear of being murdered. ALL politicians are accountable for this. Sorry, but that means you too. Posting on here about it is changing absolutely nothing, do something concrete to make it stop!
Well maybe Catholics will start to care about their own children and vote to do something about the insane interpretation of the second amendment.
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How many more children have to be murdered for Republicans to care?
Kind words and sympathy are certainly appropriate, but Congress needs to do more than express sympathy.
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Republicans have no time and no money for anything but guns and the guys who shoot guns.
OUR COUNTRY PERIOD. IF WE HAD A CONGRESS WITH STONES(and not owned by the NRA)THERE WOULD BE STRICTER GUN LAWS. VOTE THEM OUT.
Another day, another shooting. Children dead and injured. Why is there never enough white hot burning rage about this? I don't want to hear Democrats telling us that their "hearts go out..." etc, etc, etc. I want to hear them screaming "ENOUGH OF THIS FUCKING SHIT!!!!" at the top of their lungs.
This should NEVER take place in this country. The Republicans can stick their USELESS thoughts and prayers where the sun don't shine
More proof that R’s are sociopaths- continually blocking any common sense gun laws and background checks. Disgusting.
I think a better last sentence would be “ guns should have no place in our country”
Let that sink in, children at Mass. 9 parishioners murdered in Charleston. Another church massacre thwarted in Virginia, thank goodness. What we are doing isn’t working. We need stricter gun laws not to weaken them.
PRAYING FOR ALL!!!!
Victor Hugo taught me the value of sancuary as a young student in French Class.
The political tenant & religious covenant in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
When the GOP understood neither I saw that for what it was & how some would use it.
I mourned then...
Somebody pointed out, the kids were at a Catholic school PRAYING! So Republicans can fuck off with their “thoughts and prayers.”
SANDY HOOK SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE START OF FIREARM LAW CHANGES IN A NATION WHERE LEADERS CARE MORE ABOUT CHILDREN THAN GUNS
Hey Repubes, thoughts and prayers won't fix this fucking problem 🤬 💔 😥 🖕🏻
And how do we make it stop?? My vote every four years doesn’t seem to cut it.
Thanks to republicans and their NRA lords, gun violence is as american as apple pie. They consider the deaths collateral damage in the need for their warped interpretation of the 2nd amendment(which is paid for by the gun industry, its all about profits).
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The leadership in US obviously view our children as dispensable. Shoulder shrugging along with prayers everytime.
As you know, our country was founded on the dead bodies of children. Indigenous, black, Mexican, Chinese and more.
The church sanctioned it. They led the charge by using the idea of converting the savages.
They sowed the wind and are now reaping the whirlwind, as their own book says.
Another morning, turn on the television and prepare to cry again.
As long as we allow greed to superscede common sense, there will be blood, death & never-ending tears.
…and here we go again with this (apparently never-ending) cycle:
But it clearly has a place in social media, movies, tv shows, and video games, right? We literally celebrate and profit off of violence and then condemn it when it enters the real world. How about we vilify violence, make believe or real life? Make love not war.....
If only this country had some type of leader that could find a solution to this problem.
If the windows were on ground level, this needs to change. Many changes for prevention need consideration.
#NRA #GOP
Texas had its 8th mass shooting this year only two weeks ago.
No media attention, not even thoughts and prayers from the Bible thumpers.
PedoPOTUS wants to deploy Natl Guard in blue states because the media reinforces the narrative.
Lacks gun laws are inherent danger to entire country.
Hey! Republicans like gun violence. Thus the less gun control, the better, they say.
"My heart goes out to all impacted by this act of violence. Gun violence has no place in our schools, our churches, or our communities."
And your plan is.......?
America is just a cesspool. Mass shooting is now the number one cause of death for children. I hate the right for this to keep happening and will happen almost everyday! Yea. The second Amendment Does not give the right to carry war time weapons. That is used in 98% of mass shooting! It’s your blood
Every year you Americans are full of thoughts and prayers for kids being killed. In fact you’re full of shit, or you would do some about it. It’s the fucking guns. Get rid of them and you get rid of the problem. Abolish the 2A!! I don’t care to hear one more thought or prayer. Fuck all of you!!🤬🤬
Children are sacrificial lambs under 🍊💩's regime.
GOP-PEDOCONS don't care about anything, but their rich donors NRA, corporations, etc!
Even god can't help children if the same system that was broken by the same politicians who voters, voted them in are the root cause of this perpetual cycle!🤬🤷
I never watch MSM but I turned it on and CBS mentioned this atrocity with a 12 second mention. A blip. FOX is ruminating and . No mention that the GOP supports the abuse of children by guns and sexual exploitation.
If Trump is so concerned about law and order, forget the guard, get rid of weapons! All of them! It’s past time!
Do something about it, or resign.
indeed it doesn't. So you'll be sponsoring gun restriction legislation when congress returns from its vacation?
Two dead so far but rest assured. ALL of their lives have been stolen. 💔🙏
We must do something about the guns this is crazy. Keep up the good fight, I love it!
We're ruled over by a deeply uncaring lot that doesn't give two shits about kids, unless it's under the guise of controlling women. What a nightmare.
It does have a place, and that is the problem.
It was never about 2A nor safety in communities. If it were, red states with high crime rate, wouldn't send our military to DC to conduct a police call nor to roll a red carpet out for a despot. Ghislaine would stay in a cell, seditious conspirators no pardon +no pardons with ambassadorships.
I bet our dipshit in chief doesn’t mention this at all, but will continue to bring up how violent the streets of DC are (their lowest rate in 3 decades).
It's always the fucking republican terrorist organization doing the shootings
Hey world, Americans are insane.
The end.
more 2nd amendment killings
They believe 2nd Amendment rights over children's lives.
The new Norm is don't prepare for your first day of school. Prepare for your first school shooting day
Let’s not forget about ICE setting off so many Chemicals Weapons across from a school, that school had to be shut down. Portland, Oregon.
ICE =EVIL
Just another day in 2nd amendment America. Nothing will ever change until all state and federal offices are occupied by persons who value life over guns. I’m not holding my breath.
The republicans don’t give a damn. Their cowardice response is the same as always, thoughts and prayers. What a crock of shit. 💩 thoughts and prayers is the cowards way of saying we don’t give a shit. They are all mentally sick thinking their fairytale ghost is going to do anything. Need action.
There was another mass shooting of babies and the headlines are all about a Cracker Barrel logo?!
It’s a national disgrace
It sounds as if FOX has their next boogeyman. And even though there are many mass shootings committed by people from all backgrounds they will not hesitate to use this tragedy just as they do with people of color , undocumented, and minorities.
The Second Amendment is watered with the blood of innocent children. It's a thirsty bitch.
Jasmine can we do this? The insurance industry would love it!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M876...
YouTube video by Mothers for Democracy
Assault weapons have one purpose, to kill people. You can't hunt with them. The bullet speed ruins the meat and it can't be eaten. Ban assault weapons.
Does it not prove one point ? God sure didn’t protect those innocent children. He doesn’t protect sexually abused children either. But Trump protects abusers. Trump thinks he’s God. The philosophy of Guns, God and Trump are destroying the US and killing innocent kids. Humans are desecrating God.
At least in other shitholes countries like Burkina Faso, mass shootings systematically don't occurs in schools.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT
We'll now hear will hear a chorus of gun industry Republican apparatchiks telling us that now is not the time to take any serious legislative action to stem the pandemic. In fact, now is not the time to listen to ANY Republican.
Sad but True
Blah blah blah, just more "thoughts and prayers"....
Even if it only has a "snowball's chance in Hell".... how about proposing yet ANOTHER anti-AK47 bill in Congress -- if ONLY to show how ReTHUGlicans repeatedly vote AGAINST such measures?
It’s The Guns.
Jesus. Wept. Haven’t even heard about this one. Shameful that they’re so routine.
There's also no place for trans bigotry in our country as you have seen across the aisle.
I lost all hope that this country would do something that makes a big difference in gun violence when the shootings at Sandy Hook happened and nothing was done.
If the killings of 5 and 6 year old innocents wasn’t enough to move enough people, nothing will.
We love our guns more than our kids. 😢
Maybe the felon should deploy the national guard to protect kids since America is anti-gun control.
In times like this it is important to remember the things we can do. I just scheduled an appointment to donate blood at redcrossblood.org I invite you to join me. Your help saves lives.
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An assault weapons!
Do Something!
😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪 “America” - The Country where they shoot their Children to make a point.
guns were intended to be held for registered militias, ban them... Not a word about ownership.
Gun violence has no pls e anywhere and yet here we are and all it takes is stricter gun laws. This is why I hate republicans.
Down with Republicans and their gun rights! Ban all guns!
So will the Guard be deployed to Minneapolis now?
We need Congress to take action.
When this happens I think of Ukraine and Gaza, except we are attacking and killing ourselves. 😠
Here comes “the constitution says… blah blah blah.” The same people who scream about 2A and “rights” have no problem with the rest of the constitution being shredded by a racist, orange, fat fuck who is so pathetic he needs monthly televised staff meetings with people sucking his ass. 2A & DJT? 🖕🖕🖕🖕
Make it simple.Give up half of the guns. Reban assault guns
It’s heartbreaking. It brings me to tears these things happen when so many of us just want to be safe and loved
Unfortunately the lobby from gun manufacturers and greed of the WHITE MEN is ruining the society. They care more about selling their stupid guns than have a healthy society. Short term repukeplican mindset.
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No CEO's were shot today. All is normal.
People need to wake all the way up about this man made disease called religion and point your thoughts and concerns at your government for actually clearing the way for this to continue.
My response poem 💔
Children die today. We rant. We rave. The powerful look away.
This country is DISGRACEFUL And our government is 💯 percent to blame. #OverthrowTheGovernment The whole thing. They do NOT protect us. They are in it for themselves NO EXCEPTIONS. I’m done with these useless humans who let little children die and NOTHING changes
I honor and respect you, Congresswoman Crockett.
This is yet another completely preventable crime, if we had and/or enforced gun laws with waiting periods and limits on sales to those with mental health issues. Logically, privacy concerns exist, but our children’s physical safety should be paramount in our society. Fuck the NRA and their lackies.
My creation years ago. Nothing has changed!
Congresswoman, we are a mess right now😢
Republicans care more about their guns than their children
We should all thank the NRA for helping make these kinds of horror filled times in our lives possible. The NRA IS the monster under the bed.
I love you Jasmine
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Thank you, Cogresswoman Crockett.
A shame Potus too lazy or busy playing golf & unable to speak to the victims and the nation about this tragedy.
As a Canadian, our gun laws need to remain tough! We have enough illegal guns coming from America, we don’t need for it to be more legal here! We have more American guns crossing our border than fentanyl going the other way. What a sham!
Repeater guns shouldn't be in the hands of the non military!!!!!! Don't tell me only bad people will have guns. At least the mob doesn't kill random children.
Nothing is going to change and this is going to keep happening.
Thoughts and prayers dont do shit! Do something about it!!!
May God console the parents.
We have a serious mental health problem exacerbated by our fucked up obsession with firearms, made all the worse by officials who don't give a shit about anything but their payday.
We live in a very sick society. Human life means nothing to a vast number of people.
These tragedies are happening all to often. Heart breaking.
Too bad the coward shooter didn't shoot trump.
The National Guard would be used better to guardl our schools not harass our cities
Those tiny souls went from Mass to the Eternal Arms of Jesus. That truth is the only consolation of this tragedy.
Trump is targeting… please stay a step ahead….
Thanks to gunmakers and the GOP, the first week of school will always be like reentering a prison and placing yourself in a kill zone.
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You forgot OUR COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!😡😡😡😡😡
I hope there's a reckoning for those that continue to ignore violence against children in the interests of the NRA, arms dealers and the Military Industrial Complex. Shame on the GOP. But if you're good with a pedophile in the Oval Office you probably don't care much about kids being murdered.
Mother of Emanuel South Carolina..Synagogue..Temples..Church.. Kids Children Parents Grandparents.. More "Thoughts and Prayers". Kids were on their knees praying in Mass.. Excuses Excuses.. He's a Coward Mental Health.. No‼️it's the GD Guns‼️
When "thoughts and prayers" don't work in the spaces we most often using thoughts and prayers.
Can lawmakers seriously study & implement learnings re gun use in Japan, Germany & Switzerland? Start with Switzerland: It has high gun ownership but low gun violence, much lower than USA. Germany & Japan: even less violence.
Knowledge exists to build on & adapt. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm...
Yes, it’s very sad to see this happen in our country again. No prayers is going to help this. American people need to take action against NRA,GOP, president pedophile.. it’s time to put lots of pressure against the NRA. They’re the one who gives money for the GOP candidates during election time.
And yet the pro-life party in control of everything continues to choose to do NOTHING! How many more kids will have to die? Oh that’s right, unless they are in the womb, republicans don’t care!!
Governors need to call up their guards to protect kids at schools before trump deploys them to pick up trash in DC.
If anti-abortionist can post aborted babies on posters and newspapers, then children massacred by high powered guns should also be posted and filmed. With the utmost respect to the victims and families, it needs to be put into the minds of gun rights folks that there are two sides to this story.
Let's not call the totality of people having " mental problems" as responsible. Who isn't having a "mental state" of some sort these days! That doesn't make them want to run out and kill kids. Nor is it because of "video games". What it is for certain is the Access to Guns that is 💯 the problem
Guns need to be banned. Period.
For some of those kids it would have been their first EVER day of school
imagine that , on your first day of school someone shoots at you trying to kill you
Every other country has video games, movies, porn, comics, and music. Only we have almost unfiltered access to guns and only we have these shootings. This is an open book test and we keep failing.
Rightwingers will go to war over Cracker Barrel's feaking logo but be silent on this.
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Its evil to say thoughts and prayers because they were literally praying. So who were they supposed to pray for? If our countries problem was a lack of God, according to the heritage foundation, then how much God is enough? How much until he listens to prayers? Does he hear the parents scream?
Where is the "pro-life" outrage? Or they still think that it just means to protect a fetus but once born they are on their own. Now is the time to guard with all of their might the 2nd amendment
As a gun owner, I want ban on assault weapons, universal background cks!
All are born precious, deserving of love & safety. Babies slaughtered during mass?
When will folks wake up to the scientific reality that there’s no god. There’s no “mysterious way” a god works.
Don’t thank a god this didn’t happen to your child, b/c it’s happened to someone elses.
I know tackling gun crime is wildly unpopular in the US and can spell the death knell for careers, but as a Canadian watching this happen over and over again, what the hell?
Guns are the No 1 killer of kids in our country. Republicans must love that fact since they do nothing about it.
Maybe it would have been beneficial to assign the National Guard to schools. @senategop.govpeeps.us @housegop.bsky.social
#GOPMurdersKids
It's the guns !!! #GOPMurdersKids
I’m starting to think that “thoughts and prayers” is not working.
Well, to be brutally honest, you Americans have brought this on yourselves with your gun fetish. Until that changes, all the “thoughts and prayers” look — from outside the US — pointless at best, and downright cynical coming from the gun-waving crowd.
What a coward. Attacks defenseless children. This agnostic hopes he burns in Hell if there is such a place.
Trump Effect as a permission structure
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“…in the presence of prejudiced elite speech – particularly when it is tacitly condoned by other elites – the study finds that the prejudiced are emboldened to both express and act upon their prejudices.”
The Trump Effect: An Experimental Investigation of the Emboldening Effect of Racially Inflammatory Elite Communication - Volume 51 Issue 3
Jasmine, it is time--TODAY--to take off the gloves the way Pritzker, Newsom and Moore have. Run to the microphones and tell Americans that Trump and Republicans are killing (and raping!) children. Even Uvalde didn't move the needle. LFG!
So, what are you going to do about it? Nice words and all, but they’re useless.
Bla bla bla. I'm almost 40 and have been hearing this same tired public statement from politicians since I was a kid. It has been decades of this. Fucking hell am I sick of leaders and legislators being absolutely fucking useless.
Amen
Republicans: Not A Mass Shooting! Only 3 Were Killed! Not 4! Not 4!
I give it 2 weeks before Alex Jones comes out and says it’s a hoax, which then gets a whole bunch of gun humping, conspiracy freak wads to replenish his bank account. What a fucking world we live in!
Thoughts and prayers - that's all we have left. When those 20 babies were shot in the face with a Bushmaster and Republicans and the NRA refused to even allow a vote for Universal Background Checks, we realized the gun debate was over and murdering children is acceptable.
A reminder....it took only ONE School shooting in Scotland DECADES ago for the entire British Nation to make sweeping gun changes because that's what a Nation that cares about their Children does, they protect them!
It's the FUCKING Guns! Another useless Round of Thoughts & Prayers will do NOTHING!
Maybe we need to start protecting our kids with bulletproof vests? As that the new America we live in? How about we go back to Make America Safe Again? Republicans clearly don't care about kids.
Gun Control....
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You and your coworkers know the drill...it's free air time. Get your face in front of the cameras. #Revolution
If you care about safe schools and want to reduce deaths of children caused by guns, why would you vote for fake Republicans?
Biden Administration
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Easier it is for people to get access to weapons of war more children likely to die at schools, churches
Children and adolescents are dying from gun violence at alarmingly high rates in the United States, with firearms now the leading cause of death among youth ages 1 to 19 (figure 1). The threat of gun ...
May they RIP 🕯️
We are a sick society enamored with guns even at the expense of little children
I agree with Mayor Frey. Don’t give up thoughts and prayers. Those kids were literally praying!! They were shot worshipping. And if this doesn’t change things, nothing will.
I want to know how the gun fuckers will explain this: these kids were shot at mass.
Clearly, no amount of "thinking" and praying is helping. Either that or their choice of diety doesn’t care about children.
Politicians on both sides have made it every clear they don't either.
Gun control will make us feel safer than National Guard troops hanging out on the streets of DC.
It’s just inconceivable that we allow our future to be slaughtered like that
