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Any GOP leaders commenting on the Orlando shooting? (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jun 2016 OP
nope as quiet as a graveyard MFM008 Jun 2016 #1
Probably planning their next bathroom bill as we speak. NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #2
Loads of GOP politicians tweeted their condolences auntpurl Jun 2016 #3
There is no response because they can't make any political gains from it. Chasstev365 Jun 2016 #4

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
3. Loads of GOP politicians tweeted their condolences
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 05:43 PM
Jun 2016

There's an excellent thread on Twitter - a user is retweeting all their condolence tweets along with the amount they took from the NRA:

https://twitter.com/igorvolsky

Just keep scrolling down - there are dozens.

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)
4. There is no response because they can't make any political gains from it.
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 05:56 PM
Jun 2016

The GOP could careless about the LGBT community and only ever issue statements when they're trying to score political points. GOP loyalty to hateful Christians and gun lobbyists also prevent them from being compassionate human beings.

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