It's not just the drills or the shootings themselves; it's the response from the right wing. You have these kids surviving the unthinkable and putting themselves out there by saying "this is preventable and we want legislation to end it."
And this is the response they get: your lives aren't worth angering a small constituency or losing …
It's not just the drills or the shootings themselves; it's the response from the right wing. You have these kids surviving the unthinkable and putting themselves out there by saying "this is preventable and we want legislation to end it."
And this is the response they get: your lives aren't worth angering a small constituency or losing NRA donations. Shut up and get back under your desks.
This isn't a "messaging problem" for the Republican party. It's a policy problem and it's a values problem that is now baked into the core of the Republican party's platform.
Under appreciated post - NRA and GOP tells school shooting survivors "Shut up and get back under your desks" is a PERFECT encapsulation of why we're just not buying this anymore, or that the "pro-life" banner can't wave for the GOP. That one sentence is so true, and so ugly, it crystalizes the ugliness that is core to GOP now. Another Brava!
It's not just the drills or the shootings themselves; it's the response from the right wing. You have these kids surviving the unthinkable and putting themselves out there by saying "this is preventable and we want legislation to end it."
And this is the response they get: your lives aren't worth angering a small constituency or losing NRA donations. Shut up and get back under your desks.
This isn't a "messaging problem" for the Republican party. It's a policy problem and it's a values problem that is now baked into the core of the Republican party's platform.
Under appreciated post - NRA and GOP tells school shooting survivors "Shut up and get back under your desks" is a PERFECT encapsulation of why we're just not buying this anymore, or that the "pro-life" banner can't wave for the GOP. That one sentence is so true, and so ugly, it crystalizes the ugliness that is core to GOP now. Another Brava!
Very well stated, thank you.