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yellowcanine

(36,772 posts)
Sun May 7, 2023, 09:53 AM May 2023

Fox host blames "fatherlessness" and "weed" for Texas mall shooting. [View all]

https://www.rawstory.com/rachel-campos-duffy-weed/
Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy suggested marijuana and fatherlessness were to blame for a deadly mall shooting in Texas.

During an interview about the shooting in Allen, Republican congressional candidate Dr. Tre Pennie called for strengthening background checks for gun purchases.

"I know we've given a lot of credence to our Second Amendment laws, and I'm a Second Amendment pro-gun right guy, but I will tell you, we cannot allow criminals to be running around here with guns, with body armor, and not know who they are," Pennie said. "I think it's time that we start looking at mental health laws, start looking at gun protection laws. We gotta do what we gotta do to make sure that the right people have the guns."

"You know, Trey, I totally agree," Campos-Duffy replied. "I think everything needs to be on the table.

"I think we ought to look at the issue of fatherlessness. We also ought to look at weed," she continued. "We know that cannabis increases psychosis by five times. So I think everything should be on the table, including what you say, you know, maybe improving background checks. But thank God there was a guy with a gun there to take this guy down."


Ah yes, reefer madness.
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So stupid Emile May 2023 #1
Yes JanLip May 2023 #10
I lost my dad when I was 12 and have smoked more weed than most people. I don't even brewens May 2023 #2
Why not blame JanLip May 2023 #13
They'll lie and scapegoat anything but the guns. canuckledragger May 2023 #3
And they... 2naSalit May 2023 #4
ALL the way. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E May 2023 #24
Didn't this killer live with his malaise May 2023 #5
Don't let facts get in the way of her fantasy. yellowcanine May 2023 #7
Yes JanLip May 2023 #14
Bought and paid for messaging. aocommunalpunch May 2023 #6
It's Texas. Cracklin Charlie May 2023 #8
Could also be too much sugar. All those frosted flakes and yellowcanine May 2023 #9
Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy is just a liar for hire. Willing to push a right wing Christo Botany May 2023 #11
Oh but JanLip May 2023 #16
She is no "air head" and she knows exactly what she is doing in the selling of lies on Fox. Which.. Botany May 2023 #21
This is the first I've heard of her JanLip May 2023 #25
I have to admit when I googled her name I was expecting a "Fox News Blond" Botany May 2023 #26
She and her husband met on MTV's "The Real World". They've been on the wingnut welfare grift... keep_left May 2023 #33
Nobody I know who used pot Marthe48 May 2023 #12
I thought weed was illegal in Texas. Emile May 2023 #15
Yes JanLip May 2023 #17
Cue the "We need more God and Bible in schools" bleat, next. Diamond_Dog May 2023 #18
Oh that one has been used for years. But Jesus! yellowcanine May 2023 #23
"...start looking at gun protection laws"? Grins May 2023 #19
I'd blame FOX propaganda before weed or fatherlessness Mr. Ected May 2023 #20
watching fox is the gateway drug to sedition prodigitalson May 2023 #28
👆👆 crickets May 2023 #30
Not trans persons? I'm shocked Effete Snob May 2023 #22
and library books and crt and the war on christmas and antifa and blm prodigitalson May 2023 #27
REEFER MADNESS!!! Dirty Socialist May 2023 #29
I've been fatherless since age 11. I've had major depression for 25 years. LuckyCharms May 2023 #31
She is paid to make stupid people think that anything is responsible for the shootings other than GoodRaisin May 2023 #32
Now that I know it's the absent father and the weed, can I go back to playing videogames? Midnight Writer May 2023 #34
The guy lived with his fn father and mother. Rafi May 2023 #35
The guy with a gun Mz Pip May 2023 #36
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