It’s pretty safe to say at this point that the Republicans were out in droves before all of the bodies out of Robb Elementary School were even counted, chomping at the bit to let the American people know that their pro-gun 2nd Amendments rights supersede the lives of innocent children in their classrooms.
To call it disgusting would be the understatement of this century.
But nevertheless, here we are — 2 teachers did not go home to finish their end of year plans before the summer break, instead they did not go home at all, and the parents of 19 children did not go home to celebrate the end of the school year with their kids, but rather to sit in now uninhabited bedrooms full of love and toys and artwork as they prepare to bury their babies — and it feels as though everyone with an “R” attached to their voter registration is shouting from the rooftops, “Yea, it’s sad. But you’re not touching my guns. Have you considered mental health or video games or rap music instead?”
I’m not joking.
Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician during the Trump administration turned Republican lawmaker, and staunch MAGA supporter, made an appearance on Fox News the literal morning after the mass murder in a Texas elementary school’s 4th-grade classroom, to say that it’s just “unfortunate” that the media is going to go after guns when he says it all boils down to nothing more than rap music and video games. Oh, and don’t forget the internet.
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Ronny Jackson says it’s “unfortunate” that the media is going to focus on guns, since the real cause of school shootings is rap music and video games. pic.twitter.com/pjydr3zrpB
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 25, 2022
Suffice it to say, the responses didn’t go in Jackson’s favor:
I see candyman ronny Jackson started drinking early in the am. https://t.co/al5rQErCz2
— Witherspoon🌊🇺🇸 🇺🇦#StillWithHer (@CarolynWither12) May 25, 2022
Europe, Australia, Japan, South Korea: all have rap music and video games. All have their fair share of mental illness. But they don’t have active shooter drills at schools because they don’t have an epidemic of school shootings.
The only difference: guns.
— Radical Liberal 🇺🇸 🌻 (@pavancharvaka) May 25, 2022
“Rap music” is code for what, Ronny?
— anderson (@RobAnderson2018) May 25, 2022
Like this rap?https://t.co/QGH3o9YV5W
— Devin Duke (@sirDukeDevin) May 25, 2022
Well duh. pic.twitter.com/jWlrHO1Lxz
— Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) May 25, 2022
I’m sure glad we don’t have rap music or video games in the UK. That’s clearly how we avoid gun violence on the scale America experiences.
— Gregg 🏴 (@GreggC_CC) May 25, 2022
I listen to rap music, rock music, and death metal. I’ve played violent video games. I’ve never had any urge to commit a mass slaughter.
Canada has rap music and violent video games. They don’t have school shootings. They also have strict gun laws. Must be a coincidence.
— 🇺🇸🌻Josh Perkins ⚓️(he/him) #Ally 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (@RendarSelin) May 25, 2022
Well, we are the only country where young people listen to rap music and play video games. 🤷🏻♀️
— Colleen McKenna (@crazymcmama) May 25, 2022
All these countries have video games and rap music too… pic.twitter.com/LZbPLBdi1G
— CuzMin ♀️🌎♀️ (@MinnieMc_) May 25, 2022
I am so done. So… So done.
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