Texas Community Clings To Hope After Elementary School Mass Shooting - Deadline - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

José Díaz-Balart talks about the pain and deep difficulty a Texas community is feeling after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. Aired on 05/25/2022.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. This really got to him.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. It got to Nicolle, too - and thus to me.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Too bad it's getting to the wrong people.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Excellent point, half of the MSNBC hosts broke up today interviewing guests on the shooting

And we're seen several of the tearful DU "smilies" today as replies on threads today.

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5. maybe he should start with his brother

Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL25)

Gun policy

In the aftermath of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14, 2018, in Parkland, Florida, Díaz-Balart said gun control legislation would not be effective at stopping mass shootings, saying, "I want to make sure we look at things that could make a difference."[54]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_D%C3%ADaz-Balart

and their father was a leader in the same political party as Cuba's Batista before the revolution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_D%C3%ADaz-Balart

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Yikes! Excellent find!

Thanksgiving must be awkward for that family!

[lapfog_1]

7. Their aunt was Fidel Castro's first wife

while their father (her brother) founded the La Rosa Blanca, an anti-Castro organization

Family gatherings had to be strange for a few generations now.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Sounds like Jose is the opposite of the "black sheep" of the family...