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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse Democrats: Want Something To Do While You're Occupying The House? Try Reading Out The Names
Try reading out the names of every person who is killed by a gun while you're waiting for Ryan to allow a vote. Democrats from all over the country should email the names to them, as they appear in the newspapers, day by day.Keep a running tally. Average gun deaths per day in the USA: 87 (31 homicides, 56 suicides).
Ryan delays vote one day: 87 more people dead
Ryan delays vote two days: 174 more people dead
Ryan delays vote three days: 261 more people dead
Ryan delays vote four days: 348 more people dead...
Starting with the names of the kids killed at Sandy Hook is fine, but thanks to the gun lobby, there is a ENDLESS SUPPLY of NEW names to read every day.
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House Democrats: Want Something To Do While You're Occupying The House? Try Reading Out The Names (Original Post)
TrollBuster9090
Jun 2016
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KelleyKramer
(8,958 posts)1. Good point
Yes, enough is enough
ReRe
(10,597 posts)2. Get that idea to Maxine...
... Waters, pronto! That is a stupendous idea!
sarge43
(28,941 posts)3. Have their staff get pictures of the victims. Bring them to the floor. n/t
BumRushDaShow
(128,905 posts)4. CT congresswoman Elizabeth Esty just did that
starting @ 6am ET.
Richard D
(8,754 posts)5. Great idea
One of the most powerful exhibitions of this I have seen is at a holocaust museum. A recording of the names of all killed in the concentration camps is constantly read. Unbelievably powerful.