Bernie Sanders had this to say regarding the shooting.

[JDPriestly]

128. I've said what I have to say. I do not mean to lecture but rather to point to facts without

being offensive.

I think that we are all on the same side for the most part on DU.

We differ on strategy in some ways.

I think that offending whole classes of people based on the class they belong to may not be the most productive way to achieve the change we really want.

The right to govern our own bodies is important to us women, but we have to persuade men that it is important to them too. Otherwise, we don't have the votes we need in our democracy. Belligerent attitudes, obsessions only with our own concerns, will not get us the votes we have to have.

So when we fight, we have to have solidarity with others who are fighting similar fights. We need their support. They need ours.

The best way to persuade people to provide mutual support is to demonstrate how the struggles that we as different groups are really one struggle for a better life for all of us.

Let's take the issue of prison and sentencing reform. This issue is paramount in communities in which large numbers of people are imprisoned and in families in which a member is imprisoned. But it is also an issue for all who pay taxes or who have other interests like education, etc. What is the uniting factor, the factor that can unite those who are concerned about our unacceptably high incarceration numbers and the costs of prisons? Economics. Economic issues.

Let's take the various issues of personal human rights, same-sex marriage, abortion, free speech, freedom of religion. Every one of us relies on one or more of these rights at some point in our lives. These are not necessarily economic issues, but economic power is essential for us if we are to defend these rights. The Republican, conservative strategy is to limit our economic strength to the point that we cannot defend our civil rights, our personal liberties. If you and I are to donate to Planned Parenthood or NOW, etc., whether we can earn a wage that provides us with enough discretionary income to give that donation determines what kind of movement we can have to defend our rights.

So economic issues really are central. They unite us. And they enable us to contribute to the struggle to defend our rights.

As Clinton said in his campaign in 1992: "It's the economy, stupid."

The economic issues are the most important because they are central to forming the movement or movements we need to really change society.

Why do you think the oligarchs want so much to grab everything? Because grabbing everything gives them power. Economic power is the basis for other power. That is especially true today in the era of big media and big communication. Economic power and independence are necessary if we are to protect our fundamental non-economic rights.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to say this.