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turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
Thu Feb 15, 2018, 12:51 AM Feb 2018

Kimmel Writer Calls Out GOP In Blistering Replies To Prayers After Florida Shooting [View all]

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Source: Huffington Post

Lawmakers sending “thoughts and prayers” in the wake of Wednesday’s deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, are getting slammed for their financial ties to the gun lobby.

Bess Kalb, a writer for “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” is responding to each lawmaker tweeting condolences over the murders by listing how much they’ve taken from the National Rifle Association, which has consistently fought any move to tighten gun control laws.

Here are some of those tweets and Kalb’s replies:

Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bess-kalb-nra-tweets_us_5a84ee69e4b0058d5565cbac

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Good for her cp Feb 2018 #1
That damn list madamesilverspurs Feb 2018 #2
Their names and amounts should be run on a continuous loop BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #3
AMEN!!! (n/t) FirstLight Feb 2018 #17
Glad you said MyOwnPeace Feb 2018 #18
YES! scroll it on every screen Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2018 #19
Righteous fury. summer_in_TX Feb 2018 #4
Excellent--Keep it Coming Stallion Feb 2018 #5
NRA is #BLoodMoney sarcasmo Feb 2018 #6
KICK for Truth Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #7
This is amazing. flibbitygiblets Feb 2018 #8
Kick dalton99a Feb 2018 #9
K&R onecaliberal Feb 2018 #10
Brilliant! Shine the Cha Feb 2018 #11
Bess Kalb has got it! KT2000 Feb 2018 #12
Sleazy tools all. dchill Feb 2018 #13
NRA is a sponsor of terrorism AlexSFCA Feb 2018 #14
There are so many smart, knowledgeable people in the public eye who take the ... Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #15
This list should be on the front page of every newspaper in the USA DFW Feb 2018 #16
Locking - the hosts feel the tweets of one writer do not reach the LBN standard muriel_volestrangler Feb 2018 #20
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