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riversedge

(70,057 posts)
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 04:45 PM Feb 2018

Shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez just called out Trump on national television!!! She is on a missio

exciting to see this.


yerson cancelado? @ycancela

Shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez just called out Trump on national television!!! She is on a mission.






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? @lindyk20
1h1 hour ago

Replying to @ycancela

She rocked it! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
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yerson cancelado
? @ycancela
1h1 hour ago

She is going places!
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DebraD
? @debradrennan
1h1 hour ago

I just said....remember her name, we're going to hear from her again
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Susan Troxell
? @susanktroxell
49m49 minutes ago

There are a whole bunch of students from this high school who are incredibly intelligent and well spoken. What are they feeding these amazing people?

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Stuart O'Neill @stuart_oneill
40m40 minutes ago

I drive Uber, for the time being, in a university town. I am so impressed with most of my student passengers. They give me hope. This intelligence isn't unusual...just unheard.




Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen
1h1 hour ago

Emma Gonzalez has an important message for President Trump and no one should ignore this beautiful young woman whose life will never be the same because of a mass shooting.


Retweet if you support this woman and not the NRA’s $30 million donation to Trump

CNN







Carol Ann Leif @carolannleif
2h2 hours ago

This is the future. Your days are numbered, NRA!! Emma Gonzalez and her fellow brave students are COMING!! So...thoughts and prayers!
😉 pic.twitter.com/SIxf9D14yL















Who Is Emma Gonzalez? Florida High School Student Says ‘We Will Be the Last Mass Shooting’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/emma-gonzalez-florida-high-school-190715264.html?.tsrc=fauxdal

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[Newsweek]
Juliana Rose Pignataro
,Newsweek•February 17, 2018

A Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School student took to the podium at rally in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Saturday to call for stricter gun control legislation. Emma Gonzalez delivered an impassioned speech to the crowd, speaking directly to President Donald Trump and other politicians in Washington.

“We will be the last mass shooting,” Gonzalez said before the crowd of people at the rally.

Gonzalez, a senior at the school, was sitting on the floor of the auditorium Wednesday when the shooting that killed at least 17 people and injured numerous others unfolded, according to CNN.

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“We need to pay attention to the fact that this isn’t just a mental health issue,” Gonzalez said during the rally. “He wouldn’t have been able to kill that many people with a knife.”


At one point, Gonzalez read Trump’s tweet in response to the shooting about mental health and said she would like to speak to him directly about how much money he received from the National Rifle Association.

The crowd erupted in chants of “Shame on you!” after Gonzalez’s direct message to Trump.








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Shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez just called out Trump on national television!!! She is on a missio (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2018 OP
Heroine. Kick and recommend for courage. bronxiteforever Feb 2018 #1
She'll soon be getting death threats from the gun hick Trump supporters. Kingofalldems Feb 2018 #2
WOW !! That girl is GOOD !!!!!!!!!!!! Big time.... pangaia Feb 2018 #3
My thoughts exactly. She is going to go places. mwooldri Feb 2018 #19
She also called out Iowa Sen. Grassley for his lies on the issue. oasis Feb 2018 #4
Wow. This is my first chance to listen to this. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #5
K & R! Lifelong Protester Feb 2018 #6
Joan Walsh--- A few visibly uncomfortable adults on stage. But not many. riversedge Feb 2018 #7
Thanks for the Joan Walsh Tweet, rivers! Cha Feb 2018 #10
Listen to the Emma Gonzalez. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 riversedge Feb 2018 #8
Gracias, Emma Gonzales! Cha Feb 2018 #9
30 million dollars Geechie Feb 2018 #11
I hope we are seeing the start of a movement Norbert Feb 2018 #12
Emma, you are my new personal hero! Heartstrings Feb 2018 #13
That girl is so awesome! A Brand New World Feb 2018 #14
This!!! This gives me more hope than anything This!! Boxerfan Feb 2018 #15
She is just brilliant! smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #16
I am 3 times her age volstork Feb 2018 #17
+ struggle4progress Feb 2018 #18
That poor baby. She's wiping a tear as she says it. May the powers that be hear her. Squinch Feb 2018 #20
Emma Is My Hero . . OldManTarHeel Feb 2018 #21
I was so angry when people wouldn't listen to these mere "children" BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #22
Go ahead Fredo Trump coeur_de_lion Feb 2018 #23

mwooldri

(10,299 posts)
19. My thoughts exactly. She is going to go places.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 06:09 PM
Feb 2018

I don't know her, but from her speech... it was from the heart, it was raw, it was real.

Where the fuck is that in politics in general? Sorry for my coarseness but we are becoming such a divided society. Everyone's trapped in their social media bubble, tuning in to their choice of news that affirms their views. Communication is getting worse, not better.

She is one damn good communicator.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,812 posts)
5. Wow. This is my first chance to listen to this.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 05:01 PM
Feb 2018

And I am actually in tears, which doesn't happen very often with me.

That young woman is so eloquent, so passionate. I think our government is underestimating the power that high school students are going to take upon themselves.

And just one observation: isn't Florida a state that has laws against high school teachers registering their students to vote?

riversedge

(70,057 posts)
7. Joan Walsh--- A few visibly uncomfortable adults on stage. But not many.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 05:02 PM
Feb 2018



WakeUp2Injustice and 5 others liked
Joan Walsh
?Verified account @joanwalsh
2h2 hours ago

Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Emma Gonzalez is a hero. She's calling out Trump and the NRA by name at this rally. Getting people to reply to NRA talking points with "We call BS!" Most are. A few visibly uncomfortable adults on stage. But not many.



riversedge

(70,057 posts)
8. Listen to the Emma Gonzalez. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 05:05 PM
Feb 2018

natalie
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? @NatCookResists
35m35 minutes ago

natalie

🍷 Retweeted Joshua Chavers

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Listen to the Emma Gonzalez.

We have let this go for too long. We, as a society, have failed our kids.

The time for action is NOW!

#ThoughtsAndPrayersDoNothing
#GunReformNow
#ParklandSchoolShooting

natalie

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7:20
Joshua Chav






Joshua Chavers?Verified account @JoshuaChavers

Here’s the speech from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez at an anti-gun rally happening today in Fort Lauderdale http://cnn.it/2ECIYoU // http://CNN.it/go
CNN



Geechie

(861 posts)
11. 30 million dollars
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 05:11 PM
Feb 2018

I’ll let that sink in for awhile. Then I’ll think about how many thoughts ‘n’ prayers that buys in today’s market.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
13. Emma, you are my new personal hero!
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 05:28 PM
Feb 2018

Girl, keep up the resistance and your voice out there for everyone to hear!

We will have your back!

#enough, #emmaforthewin #midterms #GOTV

A Brand New World

(1,119 posts)
14. That girl is so awesome!
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 05:30 PM
Feb 2018

Maybe these high-schoolers will be able to accomplish more than those kindergartners at Sandy Hook were able to. I hope every one of them will speak out.

Boxerfan

(2,533 posts)
15. This!!! This gives me more hope than anything This!!
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 05:33 PM
Feb 2018

Twas a child who called out the Emperor was naked so I guess some things never change.

OldManTarHeel

(435 posts)
21. Emma Is My Hero . .
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 06:46 PM
Feb 2018

I thank-you . . be strong, we will overcome these obstacles.

Emma, I thank-you for all your inspiration . .

BigmanPigman

(51,565 posts)
22. I was so angry when people wouldn't listen to these mere "children"
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 07:11 PM
Feb 2018

this past week. The night of the shooting people were asking the students who had experienced this what they thought should be done while other adults were saying on the news that adults are foolish to even give them a microphone. They were saying that these children don't know what the real adult world is about and aren't mature or experienced in grown up realities to be taken seriously for a single second.

I went ballistic. These so called children know a lot more than the adults. Teenagers and young adults know how each other thinks, acts, etc better than we ever could. They communicate and have their own "culture" and language. They were the ones, who we found out later, tipped the local police and FBI off.

They are smart, enthusiastic, and now angry and energized. Maybe they will be able to accomplish what adults haven't been able to do so far. Perhaps they will be the driving force behind real change and gun control like during the Civil Rights Movement. Or perhaps they will be the catalyst like MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). There is a Nationwide school walkout planned for March 14th. I hope this picks up steam. It should be a walkout for everyone. 10:00-10':15 AM everyone should walk out of their job and have a 15 min general strike to support them and get this movement going.

#ENOUGH #ENOUGH #ENOUGH

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