June 13, 2016
By Joshua Eaton
Two politicians who’ve been outspoken opponents of reform (click here) in recent years, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Florida Governor Rick Scott, were quick to respond to the tragedy on social media.
The National Rifle Association, which opposes any gun reform, endorsed Trump for president on May 20. The group also endorsed Scott for governor in both 2010 and 2014.
They weren’t alone. Igor Volsky, deputy director of the liberal Center for American Progress Action Fund, spent much of Sunday re-tweeting “thoughts and prayers” tweets from U.S. senators and representatives who’ve taken campaign donations, or more plainly, money from the NRA.Below is a collection of those politicians’ tweets, along with data on their NRA contributions compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, and their rating from the NRA — a score the organization uses to help guide its members on how to vote (the higher the mark, the more politician opposes gun control and reform).The victims of the Orlando massacre deserve everyone's prayers, but our elected officials need to take responsibility for the votes that they cast and the views of the organizations that fund them. Especially when those votes and views allow people to legally purchase weapons that cause as much carnage as the Orlando massacre.
Burr has received $4,950 from the NRA so far this election cycle.Burr voted against a 2015 amendment that would have blocked suspected terrorists from legally purchasing firearms. He has an “A+” NRA rating this year....
There are definitely two different camps of Republicans. I didn't expect Senator Jeff Sessions to be the leader of the Trump camp. It think the prayful do nothingness of the establishment is more than evident today.
Chuck Todd (HOST): Last week you were pretty honest, (click here) pretty blunt, about what you thought of Donald Trump’s week. You said it was a pretty, let me get it correctly, you said "it was not the best of weeks." It feels like from the outside things have gotten worse this week, what’s your assessment?
JEFF SESSIONS: Well I don't think so. I think the speech he gave on terrorism and what’s happening to America really raised the key issues. It’s not guns, its not those kind of things, it is a dangerous ideology that does threaten America. We need to figure out a better way, we need to slow down and figure out a better way to protect us from those kind of threats and I think we can....
By Joshua Eaton
Two politicians who’ve been outspoken opponents of reform (click here) in recent years, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Florida Governor Rick Scott, were quick to respond to the tragedy on social media.
The National Rifle Association, which opposes any gun reform, endorsed Trump for president on May 20. The group also endorsed Scott for governor in both 2010 and 2014.
They weren’t alone. Igor Volsky, deputy director of the liberal Center for American Progress Action Fund, spent much of Sunday re-tweeting “thoughts and prayers” tweets from U.S. senators and representatives who’ve taken campaign donations, or more plainly, money from the NRA.Below is a collection of those politicians’ tweets, along with data on their NRA contributions compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, and their rating from the NRA — a score the organization uses to help guide its members on how to vote (the higher the mark, the more politician opposes gun control and reform).The victims of the Orlando massacre deserve everyone's prayers, but our elected officials need to take responsibility for the votes that they cast and the views of the organizations that fund them. Especially when those votes and views allow people to legally purchase weapons that cause as much carnage as the Orlando massacre.
There are definitely two different camps of Republicans. I didn't expect Senator Jeff Sessions to be the leader of the Trump camp. It think the prayful do nothingness of the establishment is more than evident today.
Chuck Todd (HOST): Last week you were pretty honest, (click here) pretty blunt, about what you thought of Donald Trump’s week. You said it was a pretty, let me get it correctly, you said "it was not the best of weeks." It feels like from the outside things have gotten worse this week, what’s your assessment?
JEFF SESSIONS: Well I don't think so. I think the speech he gave on terrorism and what’s happening to America really raised the key issues. It’s not guns, its not those kind of things, it is a dangerous ideology that does threaten America. We need to figure out a better way, we need to slow down and figure out a better way to protect us from those kind of threats and I think we can....
