Nineteen current or recent Republican Senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) and Senators Rob Portman (Ohio) and Joni Ernst (Iowa), received at least $1 million each. in campaign contributions from the NRA over their careers, according to data compiled by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. in 2019.
Others include Senator Mitt Romney (D-Utah), who expressed how “sadness fills the soul” in en attack like in one in Texas, and recognized on Twitter what’s his offer of prayers and condolences were “extremely insufficient” and answers were needed. It didn’t take long for critics and the liberals slam Romney – who was the Republican presidential nominee in 2012 and who said at the NRA’s annual convention that year — for taking more more than 13 million dollars in NRA contributions, according to Brady.
“Grief doesn’t fill your soul as much as $13 million from the NRA fills your soul.” bank account,” wrote Jemele Hill, an article writer. for Atlantic Ocean. “The answer you are looking for money you keep taking.
A few hours after the mass shooting in Uvalde, President Biden called on Congress to stop the “massacre” of gun violence, begging with deputies ‘stand up to gun lobby” and pass “common-meaning” gun the laws.
“What in you are the name of god need assault weapon for except kill who is it?” he asked. in Tuesday’s address to the nation.
Biden, who was chosen by President Barack Obama as his person in charge on weapons after the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, noted that he just returned from Asia, where there are no mass executions occur with the same frequency.
Why are we ready live with this massacre? he said. “Why do we keep allowing this to happen? Where in Is the name of God our spine?
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (DN.Y.) on Tuesday evening proposed two candidates passed by the House of Representatives. gun- control accounts on Camera calendar.
representatives for McConnell, Portman and Ernst did not immediately respond to inquiries for comment Wednesday. Romney’s spokeswoman Brianna Manzelli told The Washington Post that online criticism of the senator off-base.
“Not one owns Senator Romney’s store vote, as evidenced by his record of independence in Senate, she said. in statement.
Mass shooting at an elementary school and Biden plea for legislators to push back on in gun lobby attracted a lot of attention on NRA, which holds its annual meeting over Memorial Day weekend in Houston, located several hundred miles from Uvalde. event the largest gun lobby collecting it year and comes after being canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Will feature speaks from group this includes former President Donald Trump, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (right) and Senator Ted Cruz (right of Texas). Abbott is expected to in uvalde on The Wednesday before his speech at the NRA convention in Houston.
NRA that boasts more over 5 million members, leads New York attorney’s lawsuit general blaming groupheads of embezzlement millions of dollars.
Many critics went on social media to list how lot money Republican lawmakers reportedly took over from the NRA, but comedy writer Bess Kalb took This is one step further and quote-tweeted everything of responses from Republican senators with how they got a lot in campaign contributions gun lobby.
After McConnell tweeted how he was “terrified and heartbroken” by the shooting in Uvalde and how the country prayed for affected, Kalb, executive producer of Amazon Prime’s Annual Care used Brady’s data. for her one-offer reply: “$1,267,139 from the NRA.”
Kalb continued to answer the Republicans, offering his thoughts and prayers – Ernst, Portman, Senator Marsha Blackburn (Tensylvania) – with million-dollar numbers in The NRA contributions they received.
Other soon followed online trend. In an interview with Fox News on On Tuesday evening, Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) said that “there are no words to express horror” of what’s happened in Texas. He repeated Romney in acknowledging that condolences were insufficient, while also assuming that more may be done.
“Of course, my sincere condolences, but this is not enough. It’s depressing. Something so terrible children be killed in their school, it doesn’t get any worse,” he said. “Once again, my sincere condolences to these families.”
There are no suitable words to express horror at Robb Elementary School. My sincere condolences to these families. Something so terrible children be killed in their school, it doesn’t get any worse. rice.twitter.com/mlrY4Sb0Iu
— Sen. Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) May 24, 2022
Nina Turner, progressive leader who lost Democratic primary in Ohio earlier this month highlighted Johnson’s remark about how “It doesn’t get any worse” and reminded people that he was taken more over $1.2 million in campaign contributions from the NRA.
“In fact, it is,” she said. wrote on Wednesday. “Adults with power (you) do nothing because the NRA paid you $1,269,486 for doing nothing. You sacrificed those children’s lives for $1.2 million.”
After Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-Tex.), whose district includes Uvalde, asked for constituents “pray for our familiesand quoted a Bible verse, critics floats to the surface 2021 tweet in The congressman proudly declared that he “voted NO.” on two gun control measures in house.”
Tip: Jesus would want To you use your power how the legislator should act to stop gun violence in uvalde instead of bible citation versus acceptance money from the NRA. said Shannon Watts, Founder of in gun Nonprofit Violence Prevention Moms Demand Action for Weapon Sense in America.
Other took Target these GOP legislators who expressed their anger at the shooting days before speaking at the NRA convention. in Houston. When Cruz tweeted that he and his wife Heidi “ardently raised up in prayer children and families in terrible shooting in Uvalde,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) wondered why the Texas senator— who accepted at least $176,000 in NRA Contributions – still scheduled to speak at the convention.
“You can do more than to pray,” she said. tweeted. “Faith without works is dead”.
Adela Suliman and Isaac Arnsdorf contributed to this report
