I’m convinced Republican politicians don’t actually believe mental illness causes gun violence. But they do it because they just know that demonizing people with mental illness has no political consequences and also that doing so buys them enough time to feign outrage until the next mass shooting dominates the news cycle.
@QasimRashid I feel reasonably confident in saying that anyone who is serious about improving care for those with SMIs would support Medicaid Expansion, but I may be biased.