Here Are The Republican Hypocrites Offering ‘Prayers’ While Taking Bribes From The NRA
In the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in American history, Republican politicians once again have nothing to offer but hollow offerings of prayers while they spend every day demonizing LGBT Americans and fighting to unravel every gun regulation in America on behalf of their financiers at the National Rifle Association.
If you recall, fifty-three Republican Senators voted against banning gun sales to members of the FBI’s terrorism watch list back in December, after the San Bernadino shootings. That bit of hypocrisy has come back to claim more lives as a US citizen who was on the FBI’s terrorist watch list gunned down 50 people and wounded fifty more at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. The state of Florida has some of the most lax gun laws in the country; no license or permit are needed to purchase a military-grade assault rifle. The shooter was found to have not one but two legal concealed carry weapons permits.
Igorvolsky of ThinkProgress and the Deputy Director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund has compiled a list of all the outrageous hypocrites who are publicly mourning these attacks while collecting big checks from the NRA, fighting against commonsense gun reform and staining their hands with the blood of gun violence victims.
Sen.@OrrinHatch received $97,848 in expenditures from @NRA & voted against barring terrorists from getting guns https://t.co/A064ir58Xh
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
Sen @JohnCornyn got $15,909 in expenditures from @NRA so voted against measure restricting guns to terrorists in Dec https://t.co/3ObobdOMKT
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@SenShelby secured @NRA endorsement in December and has taken thousands from the group: https://t.co/fbz1YPJHwn https://t.co/ZLFlC10igs
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
Sen @TomCottonAR received $2,581,794 in expenditures from NRA, so he voted against closing terror gap back in Dec https://t.co/XEOVJHjL5d
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@MikeKellyPA took $7,500 form @NRA, so he can’t recommit to stamping out terrorists’ easy access to guns. https://t.co/amxSsucxb9
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@RepTipton took $15,450 from @NRA. Will he do something more than pray to prevent terrorists from getting guns? https://t.co/i6jgnOVOH7
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@SenCapito go $94,261 in expenditures from @NRA, so she voted against bill denying guns to people on terror list https://t.co/YalqnQ5w7R
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@NRA dumped $922K into McConnell’s re-elect, so he voted against stopping people on terror list from buying guns https://t.co/W9dVwBZ959
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@SenBobCorker received $5,929 in expenditures from @NRA and in Dec voted against bill to deny terrorists guns https://t.co/RrJvEyYgy9
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@RepMcCaul took $21,500 from @NRA so won’t admit that gun reform should be party of our counter terrorism strategy https://t.co/V9PzmG2Es1
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@RepKevinYoder took $15,900 from @NRA since 2010 so wan’t actually DO anything to stop the next “terrible attack” https://t.co/ENoTEbSQJl
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
Bill would’ve denied people on terror watch list ability to buy guns
53 GOPers +@SenatorHeitkamp voted against it https://t.co/Ruwl3rcFK4
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@RepPeteOlson took $12,450 from @NRA Will tweet #ThoughtsAndPrayers but will oppose efforts to limit access to guns https://t.co/ChTPlsfCjJ
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@SenPatRoberts got $322,453+ in expenditures from @NRA, so his response to biggest mass shooting will be this tweet https://t.co/sYx4C8UqbS
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
Heartbreaking that you took $7,500 from @NRA and now won’t stand up to their opposition of all sensible gun laws https://t.co/w1rXF7O0tN
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@ToddRokita took $5,000 from gun lobby to send this tweet and not actually do anything to limit access to guns https://t.co/HlSquQQCtk
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@RepReneeEllmers got $2K from @NRA during 2014 election cycle to reduce gun violence using her #ThoughtsAndPrayers https://t.co/vkm28hnJdL
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@RepAndyHarrisMD has 92% rating from @NRA so you know this tweet will be his only response to biggest mass shooting https://t.co/GV3FS4DPVt
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@SenBurr go $32,792 in expenditures from @NRA, so his only response to biggest mass shooting will be this tweet https://t.co/xm6Icg4JG2
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@SenCoryGardner go $1,544,783 from @NRA. don’t expect him to do anything about limiting access to assault weapons https://t.co/WmU1cpOv2M
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@SenRonJohnson accepted $1.3 million+ from gun rights groups, so all you’ll get are his #ThoughtsAndPrayers https://t.co/aIANKnToTD
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@KellyAyotte voted against expanding background checks after Newtown.
Now she’s back to just thinking & praying https://t.co/7ofKPwholg
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
