Rolling Stone“I hear our governor talking about mental health issues. We’re always going to have mental health issues, but if we don’t do something about the guns, the people-killing guns, then we’re going to continue to have the same thing happen.” https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/allen-shooting-first-responder-calls-out-greg-abbott-1234731215/
dominic 🌱@RollingStone please stop pulling screen shots and links to twitter. it's lazy. It's not like the content is exclusive to that platform. The tweets embedded are just pulled off the air. You guys could do the exact same. Say no to lazy journalism. Rolling Stone has been great lately besides this issue.
Sean@dominicvfx @RollingStone I’m happy to have them posting this content here as I don’t check Twitter as much anymore.
@Craktok @RollingStone it's lazy
@dominicvfx @RollingStone it’s news
Old Hippie Ⓥ@RollingStone Abbott obviously needs plenty of mental health counseling.
JL Roberson@RollingStone If they're against red flag laws then they don't believe in taking any concrete action on "mental health"'s connection to this anyway
Shadow Heart@RollingStone put plain and simple if a person has easy access to a gun they feel compelled to use that weapon.
Kashif Shah@Sh4d0w_H34rt @RollingStone If they really cared to make real progress, they would have actually ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
United States of America, Signed: 5 October 1977, Ratified: No.
The Obama Administration stated "The Administration does not seek action at this time" on the Covenant.
Nicole ParsonsRemember Abbott isn't the one running Texas. Abbott's donors run Texas.
The donors fund Abbott to keep the gun nuts voting for Republicans.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/18/greg-abbott-texas-fundraising-governor-donors/
72mzI sincerely doubt Democrat billionaires fund malign influence campaigns that incite mass shootings.
They fund gun safety advocates.
"Both sides" false narratives aren't helpful.
@Npars01 @RollingStone
I also doubt that, and I wasn't suggesting equivalent support for that situation from Ds. I'd be very surprised if that were the case. I meant that $$$$ drives political decisions for lots of politicians. Self interest over common good is not unusual.
I also doubt that, and I wasn't suggesting equivalent support for that situation from Ds. I'd be very surprised if that were the case. I meant that $$$$ drives political decisions for lots of politicians. Self interest over common good is not unusual.
Money in politics is now uncontrollable since Citizens United
Citizens United permits unlimited foreign interference & public corruption, as long as its funneled through an American corporation
Yes, Democrats have a certain degree of self interest. They need to get elected
To effect change they need to avoid becoming targets of Republican billionaire donors who can & will spend unlimited amounts to boot out effective Democrat legislators like Luria, Malinowski, & Maloney
In an another example, Sen. Claire McCaskill drew the ire of #KochNetwork for being an effective Democrat.
They spent over $2 million on ad buys to replace her with Josh Hawley, everyone's favorite running seditionist.
At some point, GOP voters need to realize that their own billionaire donors are going target their right to representation too.
Koch group launches $2M ad buy against Missouri's McCaskill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Americans for Prosperity's Missouri branch is spending another $2.1 million on ads against Sen. Claire McCaskill. The television and digital ad campaign announced Wednesday by the Koch-backed group criticizes the Democratic incumbent for her support of former President Barack Obama's health care law. McCaskill is running for a third term in November in a state President Donald Trump won by 19 percentage points. She's up against Republican Attorney General Josh Hawley.
RealGravitas -Citizen Saboteur@Npars01 @RollingStone I predict this is going to get much worse. It’ll be as bad as necessary to shift current gun owner sentiment.
Public sentiment has already shifted. No one wants to live in a nation with random gun violence.
Most gun owners now support better gun safety laws according to reporting on MSNBC.
It's only Republican billionaire donors, who are exploiting a white fear manufactured by Fox News, who are funding legislative gridlock on gun safety.
As they did with reproductive rights buying the white evangelical vote, Republican strategists are buying the paranoid gun nut vote.
Musta dawned on me thusly@RollingStone Aren't the mentally unstable the cornerstone of our "well regulated militia"? #nra #gregabbott #ChristianNationalist
The Mad Pianess@RollingStone other countries have mental health issues. They don’t have daily gun massacres.
DHStone@RollingStone Our national firearms fetish is by far our most deadly mental health issue.