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thinkingagain

(906 posts)
Fri May 27, 2022, 10:11 AM May 2022

It's the fault of

Republicans are blaming everything but the fact they allow assault rifles to be bought and sold to everyone. Here’s the list I have come up with so far from different news sources possibly not great sources but generally repeated in similar words in more than one place. I am sure there is more.

It’s the fault of :

Sen. Ron Johnson blames "liberal indoctrination" for school shootings: "We stopped teaching values. Now we're teaching wokeness. We're indoctrinating our children with things like CRT."

Ted Cruz blames the shooting on the school having more than one door.

Republican Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona
He falsely claimed a "transsexual leftist illegal alien" was responsible for murders of 19 children and two teachers.

Gov. Abbott said the shooter had a “mental health” issue. A month ago, he slashed funding to help.

The left is calling for gun control, and yet it’s gun control that has contributed to this mass shooting that we saw in Texas,” Gun Owners of America senior vice president Erich Pratt said

Texas Congressman Ronny Jackson Blames the Uvalde School Shooting on Rap Music and Video Games

Texas AG Ken Paxton mentions arming teachers

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It's the fault of (Original Post) thinkingagain May 2022 OP
They also act as if each new shooting is the first of its kind, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2022 #1
Yes, they say things like thinkingagain May 2022 #2

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,898 posts)
1. They also act as if each new shooting is the first of its kind,
Fri May 27, 2022, 10:16 AM
May 2022

an aberration no one could have foreseen.

Other countries (Australia, New Zealand, just to name two) responded to their first mass shooting by taking guns away. Bizarrely, they haven't had any more.

thinkingagain

(906 posts)
2. Yes, they say things like
Fri May 27, 2022, 10:19 AM
May 2022

“I can’t believe this happened.”
We say things like “this could of been prevented.”

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