Jen Psaki is bawling live on air

[malaise]

They are weaponizing the shooter but it’s the guns in America.

[Amaryllis]

1. Minneapolis mayor on with her now. Excellent. Heartfelt.

"Don't think about them as somebody else's kids. Think of them as your own. "

[malaise]

3. Excellent

[Emile]

17. He is very impressive.

[malaise]

2. Mayor Jacob Frey is hitting the nail on the head re guns

Bravo

Operate out of love for our kids

[NJCher]

4. I saw that, too

She regained her composure fast, but it was heart wrenching to see her be both a professional television anchor and a mother.

[niyad]

5. One does not have to be a mother to weep at the murder of children, but I

know what you mean.

[malaise]

6. Indeed

Rec

[PufPuf23]

14. Psaki is an extremely intelligent human of good heart.

Must be much that she knows and cannot say but she motors on.

She is a hero in a time we lack heroes.

[GiqueCee]

7. Hang this around EVERY Republican's neck...

... and don't let up for a second. NO mercy. Make them wish they'd never been born.

[RussBLib]

8. 98% of mass shootings...

...are committed by cis-gender males. White males.

And it's the Republicans who keep blocking sensible gun control.

Rinse and repeat.

[PatSeg]

10. Yeah, real tough guys who go after

children with military style weapons. These mass shootings are hard enough to understand, but why on earth do they target children? Truly beyond comprehension.

[slightlv]

13. Yes, it's what I've pointed out for a LONG time. The most violent, criminal

class of people we have in the United States aren't Hispanic, or any other "group" of immigrants. They're our own homegrown white, xtian, straight men. As a whole, they should never be let near weapons of war or weapons of any kind, actually, IMO. They are far too emotional and are completely driven by testosterone and ego. The combination of which is dangerous for anyone around them.

I do make exceptions, of course. I won't condemn the entire sliver of males, but this has been proven time after time after time. Men should NEVER be put in sole power over anything that impacts others lives, at least, not without supervision. It just makes me so angry every time I hear someone spout the old, tired meme of women being too emotional for high office, or that she'll be screwed up a week or two every month and likely hit the nuke button because of it. Men are so much more likely to fit that description, and you can't even trace their "time of the month!"

[NJCher]

25. handling emotions

They are far too emotional and are completely driven by testosterone and ego.

They don't seem to know how to handle their emotions. Sure it's upsetting when your wife or girlfriend leaves you, but how often do we hear about them going off the deep end over it?

Stalking, kidnapping, posting nude photos online. A woman might do this, too, but it's very rare.

[H2O Man]

9. Recommended.

It is about guns, and the easy access that severely disturbed individuals have to them. Our opposition, of course, will attempt to distract from this.

[malaise]

11. THIS

Rec

[Chicagogrl1]

12. She Brought Me to Tears

When will this shit stop?? Our elected officials do not represent us at all.

[Silver Gaia]

23. Me, too.

She was so raw and real. I just burst into tears!

[llmart]

15. I still haven't gotten over Sandy Hook.

I cannot erase those pictures in my head. Seeing them was like a gut punch to me. To this day I can't wrap my mind around how anyone in this country could just go about their daily lives having seen this on the news and not demand that we finally do something about this gun fetish that white males have in this country.

We live in a very sick country.

[usonian]

16. Are flags at half-staff for the death of the shooter?

And how could you tell if they are?

[Dem2theMax]

18. I'm starting to think that anyone who does have a flag flying on a pole,

should permanently put it at half-staff.
And right there with it, a sign that says -

'Leaving it at half-staff. The next mass shooting will be happening any second. All thanks to the GOP.'

[walkingman]

19. The worship of guns in America is toxic.

[dobleremolque]

20. "America is a gun"

"England is a cup of tea.
France, a wheel of ripened brie.
Greece, a short, squat olive tree.
America is a gun.

Brazil is football on the sand.
Argentina, Maradona's hand.
Germany, an oompah band.
America is a gun.

Holland is a wooden shoe.
Hungary, a goulash stew.
Australia, a kangaroo.
America is a gun.

Japan is a thermal spring.
Scotland is a highland fling.
Oh, better to be anything
than America as a gun.”
― Brian Bilston

[madamesilverspurs]

21. It looked like angry crying.

It's familiar, I do the same. I get so angry that words seem to get stuck sideways and that's when the tears come, and with that release the words get out. I sat here and cried with her.

As I noted elsewhere, when congress gets back to work the republican majority will be more concerned about making sure that their precious assault rifles are kept safe from the blood of children.


.

[Initech]

22. It's the fucking guns. It's the fucking guns. It's the fucking guns. It's the fucking guns. It's the fucking guns.

Did I mention it was the fucking guns?

[cate94]

24. We could start a new industry

Since they won’t do anything about guns we should make Kevlar burkas to be worn as school uniforms.
Our nation is insane.

[Kaleva]

26. Some DUers are advocating that others here get guns

[Siggy52]

27. Nothing will change.

The State legislature is evenly split, There are 500,000 + registered hunters in the State. The mayor has power over over the city council and he's a corporatist and the money, as always, will say no. The mayor's only serious challenger turns out to be an unsavory character and the only progressive in the race. And the city DFL caucus vote was a clusterf*ck. So now the city DFL is under sanctions with the State DFL. I asked a good friend if she thought anything would change. She asked me if I had started drinking again.

[Amaryllis]

33. Which city are you referring to?

[Siggy52]

35. Isn't it obvious?

Minneapolis. Why do you ask?

[LilElf70]

28. Poor Jen

I watched it too. You could tell before she cried it was going to happen. It was pretty damn emotional. She definitely got me.

[Rhiannon12866]

30. Here's the Jen Psaki video for those who missed it, I certainly don't blame her, got to me, too

Psaki: Action on America's gun problem is NOT HOPELESS - The Briefing w/Jen Psaki - MSNBC
https://www.democraticunderground.com/132155267

[malaise]

31. Thanks as always

[Rhiannon12866]

32. You're more than welcome, my friend!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. Psaki was very powerful last night