Sandy Phillips
@MamaRedfield
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My Jessi was slaughtered in Aurora theater massacre 2012. Founder of Survivors Empowered. Co-author Tragedy in Aurora The Culture of Mass Shootings in America.
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My precious daughter was slaughter with the same type of gun in YOUR state. Shot 6 times with those .223s ripping & tearing through her tiny body. The head shot left a 5 inch hole in her left orbital and blew her brain to bits. So ya. I'll come & take it off your hands. #****Buck
I have just one message for Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke, if you want to take everyone’s AR-15s, why don’t you swing by my office in Washington, D.C. and start with this one?
Come and take it.
#2A
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Gee, Donny. My daughter took an AR 15 bullet to her face that blew a 5 inch hole in her left orbital and blew her brains out onto the theater floor in a mass shooting. She took the real blast because Republicans & Conservatives won't act on Gun Violence. Go get a tissue you wimp
These horrible & politically charged decisions coming out of the Supreme Court are shotgun blasts into the face of people that are proud to call themselves Republicans or Conservatives. We need more Justices or we will lose our 2nd. Amendment & everything else. Vote Trump 2020!
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My little girl was slaughtered because ur gun policies are whacked. She never got to graduate from college, meet the right guy, & follow her dreams. Just how many dreams have you allowed to be murdered? You will rot in hell, but I want to live to see you in misery while on earth.
My little girl is now all grown up and engaged to her college sweetheart.
I am proud of the young woman she has become, the relationships she has built, and the future for her and her fiancé.
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Some mother today got the news we got a DECADE ago. Your daughter was shot in the face with an AR 15. THERE IS NOTHING LEFT OF HER FACE!!!!
This is their nightmare...their trauma...their last memory of their baby.
THIS IS AMERICA.
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My precious daughter was one of them. I dare tRump to sit with me face to face as I tell him what those .223s from an AR-15 do to the human body. Sit & think of your precious Ivanka with a 5 inch hole in her left orbital that blew her brain into smithereens. That's our reality.
There has been a 347 percent increase in fatalities in gun massacres since the ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines expired fifteen years ago.
Stop making excuses.
Stop listening to the NRA.
And start saving lives.
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Off to Uvalde. Exhausted, pissed, and broken.
#SurvivorsEmpowered
#HonorWithActionTour
- Detour
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I am from Texas. I am a gun owner. I have NEVER allowed ANYONE to borrow my weapon. It is IRRESPONSIBLE and should be ILLEGAL.
Just so I’m clear: you think my friends are domestic abusers/criminals? Seriously that’s your argument? That they can’t pass a background check?
Wrong. People lend guns to friends, esp if they don’t own a gun, for self-defense and hunting purposes.
This is America outside NYC.
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8 yrs ago our daughter, Jessi, was slaughtered in a mass shooting. 5 mos later Sandy Hook devastated the hearts of the nation. We thought things would change quickly. They didn't. But we kept going. We will never stop & we WILL see change. We will not let this carnage continue!
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@HamillHimself
@candimilo
Thank you
@HamillHimself
. One day our paths will cross and I can tell you how much you have encouraged me to use my voice. X0X0
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@gogatekim
Let's build that army! I want him and his tiny toy (you decide which toy I'm referring to) gone and will do all I can to make it happen. He and Gardner are gonna be a different type of fatality! #****Buck
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9 yrs ago tonight I went to bed in peace. I have not known peace since. At the midnight premier of The Dark Knight Rises our Jessi was slaughtered with 11 others. The killer easily bought his arsenal online without a background check. People KNEW (1)
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@davidhogg111
Jessi Ghawi.
Killed in Aurora Colorado Movie Theater Massacre.
She was 24.
I miss her presence, her laughter, her wit, that smile. Her being.
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@Nilbo
@Emma4Change
Been fighting this fight for over 5 yrs since my daughter was slaughtered. Feel the same way...so energized & hopeful!
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My beautiful daughter was shot 6 times by an AR-15. The .223s pulverized bones, tire muscle & tissue and left a 5 inch hole in her left orbital. We go to bed each night knowing we can stop this kind of carnage by passing a bill to ban assault weapons. Bring it to a vote!
I am keeping my friends from
@RICAGV1
in my heart today as they make a case for
@SenatorRuggerio
&
@RyanWPearson
to give them a vote on the bill to ban assault weapons. My brother & his two sons live in Rhode Island & I hope the
@RIDemParty
(with a majority vote & a Dem Governor
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Don't pretend you care. We were in your office when you dismissed and lied to Uvalde survivors!
Heidi and I are praying for the entire Arlington, TX Lamar High School community in the wake of the shooting that took place this morning.
Thank you to the brave men and women of law enforcement who swiftly took the perpetrator into custody.
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We pleaded with King Soopers (Kroger) to not allow open carry in their stores to no avail. How can anyone tell a good guy with a gun from a bad guy with a gun? Only when they shoot you.
#endgunviolence
#DisarmHate
#SurvivorsEmpowered
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@MiaFarrow
@SarahHuckabee
Thank you
@MiaFarrow
. My girl was slaughtered with an AR 15. These hypocrites use the bible for toilet paper.
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I am a Republican Texas gun owner...We Need Change. Supporting Dems on gun reform all the way
#KeepGoing
#filibuster
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This has aged well.
So has the guy.
My guy.
My Lonnie.
My rock.
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@The_Artist_Wolf
@TheChos97437895
DM me when and where and I can get some survivors to join you!
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Our hearts go out to the families who had their loved ones taken or wounded by Kyle Rittenhouse. We have walked in their shoes daily for almost 10 yrs. We are here for them & all survivors of gun violence. We hope you realize YOU & YOUR FAMILY could be next.
#SurvivorsEmpowered
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So Lauren Boebert sure is quiet for a change. Let's make sure she only serves one term in Colorado!!!
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This is the most petty and irresponsible tweet from a "responsible" gun owner ever. Get over your "inconvenience". Having to bury my daughter was much more "inconvenient". Just SHUT UP!
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Please remember Jessi & the 11 others killed 12 years ago tonight
Jonathan Blunk 26
Alexander Boik 18
Jesse Childress 29
Gordon Cowden 51
Jessi Ghawi 24
John Larimer 27
Matt McQuinn 27
Micayla Medek 23
Veronica Moser-Sullivan 6
Alex Sullivan 27
Alexander Teves 24
Rebecca Wingo 32
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@JohnTop79466560
Why should I say truth softly? The grusomeness of what happens needs to be seen and felt for it to change. Don't tell me to be soft with the truth because it makes you wince.
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@tackdriver56
@steppenjiff
Anyone who starts by saying, "I'm sorry for your loss, BUT...Is NOT sorry for my loss. They are just assholes without compassion.
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Going dark for the Mother's Day weekend. One of the hardest days of the year for me. I miss my girl everyday...but she always made sure Mother's Day was remembered. See y'all on Monday.
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I'm sending a message to Ann Sarnoff, the head of
@warnerbros
. Mother to mother. Please guarantee that none of the profits you earn from
@jokermovie
will go to fund politicians who take money from
@NRA
and make it easier for people to get guns & commit violence in the real world.
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before it's too late. This is a never-ending nightmare that haunts us daily. We fight for you.
#SurvivorsEmpowered
#TheTimeIsNow
to
#endgunviolence
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TY
@jaketapper
for remembering our precious daughter. We are in Thousand Oaks & trying to reach Mrs. Orfanos. We truly understand her pain.
It’s stunning & telling that Telemachus Orfanos, killed at the Borderline Bar & Grill, had survived the Oct 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. But he’s not even the first person this has happened to. Aurora victim Jessica Ghawi survived a previous mass shooting
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Thread...
Everyone seems to have forgotten the Aurora Theater Shooting that happened 5 months before Sandy Hook. It took the life of my daughter and 12 others & wounded 70. Our shooter was begging to be stopped. His parents, school, psychiatrist & our society failed to stop him
The facts here are so egregious and upsetting it's almost impossible to process.
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that something was wrong with him...including his parents & therapist. How many others are there out there that are not stable enough to be in procession of a firearm? How many others are purchasing arsenals on line without so much as a verification of (2)
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My daughter was hit with six .223s. No mother should have to carry that as a memory of her child. I KNOW what those bullets did. Knowing what they did to the tiny children of Sandy Hook, Uvalde, & Tennessee should take any humane human to their knees in horror. Stop this madness!
Uvalde: AR-15
Aurora: AR-15
Buffalo: AR-15
Orlando: AR-15
St. Louis: AR-15
Parkland: AR-15
Louisville: AR-15
Las Vegas: AR-15
Sandy Hook: AR-15
Waffle House: AR-15
Sutherland Spring: AR-15
A Partial List — The Impact on the human body is unforgiving. 👇🏽
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there identity. How many other innocent lives will continue to be taken. Since our Jessi was slaughtered, 360,000 other families have learned how easy it is to have this nightmare happen to them. Don't be one of them. Get involved...(3)
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We worked on a similar idea in Massachusetts! It worked. No one can manufacture or sell assault weapons. The gun manufacturer decided to leave the state...bye-bye!
SCOTUS is letting private citizens in Texas sue to stop abortion?!
If that's the precedent then we'll let Californians sue those who put ghost guns and assault weapons on our streets.
If TX can ban abortion and endanger lives, CA can ban deadly weapons of war and save lives.
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Our daughter was brutally shot in a mass shooting in 2012. We know what the people of
#Lewiston
are facing. We founded Survivors Empowered to help people navigate the aftermath of this brutality.
Our Survivors Toolkit, written with Gabby Giffords is free
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So knives are just as bad as an AR 15 & its bullets? My girl was hit 6 xs by .223s. The head shot left a five inch hole in her face. 1/2
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@mykingbrian
Anyone who starts by saying, "I'm sorry for your loss, BUT...Is NOT sorry for my loss. They are just assholes without compassion. Stfu
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Survivors...the Washington Post has been working on a story about the AR15, mass shootings, & the physical & emotional trauma left in the wake of these tragedies.
There are videos & photos that may be activating to you.
Please take appropriate steps for your wellbeing.
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We did it! Thank you to the Giffords team, and all of you who worked behind the screens to make this happen. Special thanks to the Senate and House sponsors and co-sponsors for seeing it through. Jessi is now a part of Colorado history!
Standing beside
@MamaRedfield
and
@PapaRedfield
as they fought for the Victims’ Access to Justice bill was humbling. This bill empowers survivors of gun violence to hold the gun industry accountable and was named in memory of their daughter Jessi.
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You never think it can happen to you...until it does!
How many headlines are we going to have to see like this before the senate does something? Americans are not divided on this- we all want action- we all want this madness to stop. We want peace. The American people aren’t divided- 100 senators are and it’s killing us.
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They have picked on the wrong couple! Mark & Gabby have true grit. Arizona GOP prove that they & the NRA are terrorist organizations
Arizona GOP says it will stop Democrat Mark Kelly, husband of gun victim Gabrielle Giffords, ‘dead in his tracks’
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@thedailybeast
@Weinsteinlaw
Our lunatic just threatened to kill my son, my co-worker, and us after our daughter was killed in the Aurora Colorado Movie Theater Massacre. This happens all the time to the survivors of mass shootings. FBI caught ours, but he's free again now. Survivorship ain't for sissies.
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I know what these bullets do to the human body. My daughter was shot 6 times with green tipped .223s in the Aurora Theater Massacre (1)
Can you spot the common thread?
Poway: AR-15
Aurora: AR-15
Orlando: AR-15
Parkland: AR-15
Las Vegas: AR-15
Sandy Hook: AR-15
Waffle House: AR-15
San Bernardino: AR-15
Midland/Odessa: AR-15
Sutherland Springs: AR-15
Tree of Life Synagogue: AR-15
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THIS! DAMMIT! THIS!
President Biden should unveil a comprehensive plan on how to dramatically reduce gun violence by the state of the union. Not piecemeal, not the edges, comprehensive
No bullshit. No compromising. An actual plan.
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@sfpelosi
I am so angry about this. To be able to do the damage he has done and benefit financially makes me physically ill. Are the checks & balances we believed in just a thing of the past?
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What all gun bullies should know when they bring up Switzerland...
"
@keithlowell
: But hey, the rifles are cool too.
http://t.co/iFOu1BmrAB"
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I am in tears that another mother knows our pain. I am so so tired of crying EVERY single day for 8 long years because gun violence kills EVERY single day. No one should know this pain. VOTE...as if your life depends on it.
WATCH THIS VIDEO!!! GET ANGRY!!! BE UPSET!!! DON'T LET IT HAPPEN TO YOU!!! VOTE THIS NOVEMBER AS IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.
I HAVE LIVED THIS NIGHTMARE. I AM VOTING FOR
@JOEBIDEN
TO BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.
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National son's day...my now "only child" thanks to gun violence.
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My daughter came from a "broken family". Her killer did not. He slaughtered 12 and wounded over 70. You & your agenda are full of ****.
Blame minorities killing each other not law abiding conservatives. Let's look harder at broken families not gun laws
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Ben Carson! Say this to my face as you look at Jessi's autopsy photos....you scumbag!
http://t.co/WWKdaXkgyV
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Just a few hours from now marks 12 years since our Jessi was brutally shot to death in a theater in Aurora, CO along with 11 others. 58 other people suffer gunshot wounds, including devastating critical injuries. 4 were injured by the shooter's tear gas. 8 were injured escaping.
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Because HE felt unsafe...with his armed body guards.
Hell, the rest of us feel unsafe everyday with over 400 million guns owned in America.
Movies, schools, churches, grocery stores, walking dogs or sleeping in our bedrooms can get us killed...
but HE felt unsafe!
@NRA
= DEATH
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Wishing
@SpeakerPelosi
a very Happy Birthday with gratitude to her service. She is for
#WeThePeople
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My take away tonight...from
@TheAmandaGorman
's extraordinary poem
we lay down our arms
so we can reach out our arms
Yes. This.
#InaugurationDay
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Totally!
Retweet if you agree
@TheDemocrats
should cancel the
#GOPTaxScam
that gave away $1.9 Trillion to the wealthiest Americans to help pay for the $1.9 Trillion
#CovidReliefBill
Tax cuts for those who don’t need them do NOTHING to grow an economy.
#TrickleUp
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Today is the tragiversary of Virginia Tech. Remember these names and faces. Remember that 8 more died today at FedEx Indianapolis. We have a problem, America.
It is the guns.
#SurvivorsEmpowered
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My husband & I were harassed like this by Alex Jones after our daughter was slaughtered in the Aurora Colorado Movie Theater Massacre. It was emotionally devastating. To do this to young people grappling with such loss should be illegal.
#MarjorieMustGo
The harassment that
@davidhogg111
and I received in the aftermath of the shooting was so severe that I have more PTSD from the harassment and conspiracy theorists that we’ve had to deal with with than I do going through the actual shooting.
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Why do people so easily forget the Aurora Colorado Movie Theater Massacre? It happened 5 mos before Sandy Hook, killed 12 & an unborn baby, & wounded 70. One of the 12 was my daughter, who had to be cremated because of her wounds.
#Jessi
#SurvivorsEmpowered
#BanAssaultWeapons
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Let's support our gvp friends in Virginia. Record a video and say
#IStandWithVirginia
. Please retweet!
VA is in a state of emergency because white supremacists and nazi’s are using their 2nd amendment rights to shutdown the 1st amendment rights of students, veterans, and clergy.
Tweet out a video with your support for laws that protect kids, not guns with.
#IStandWithVirginia
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@Ardamora
@Nilbo
@Emma4Change
It is...and we, who have been fighting for years...are exceedingly grateful!
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Hello...Georgia...sounds to me that this is a HATE crime. Not against Asians, but against WOMEN! He shot and killed women whom he blamed for his sex addiction.
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So BUCK...it's been 3 days since your stupid video. My response went viral and still you haven't reached out or apologized for this adolescent threat. Are you afraid of a mom & dad whose daughter died by the same type of gun you treat like a toy? C'mon...man up. #****Buck
I have just one message for Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke, if you want to take everyone’s AR-15s, why don’t you swing by my office in Washington, D.C. and start with this one?
Come and take it.
#2A
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I think of the poor girl who emotionally told of her dad's death from Covid19 at the DNC. Their are over 180,000 families with similar heartbreaking stories because he lied to all of us!
#TrumpKnewVoteBlue
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My precious daughter was brutally murder in a mass shooting. One of six bullets hit her head.
Hearing
#MTG
support the idea of putting a bullet in the head of the SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE & still remain in office is
#Deplorable
. This outrageous behavior of the
#GQP
cannot go on!
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It's unacceptable that Bernie Sanders is still not prioritizing gun safety and has proposed zero executive actions on guns in this plan. He voted for PLCAA & against background checks 5 times. HE IS NOT GOOD ON GUN REFORM! This is proof!
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My girl shot 6xs by an AR15. Ammo is designed to do the most harm to the human body. Head shot left a 5in hole in her face.
#ThisISMyLane
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@milanakocic
Jessi was shot 6 times with an AR15. The headshot left a 5 inch hole in her left orbital and blew her brain out onto the floor, seats, and companion. The coroner cried when describing her wounds. No parent needs to live with that.
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@Frances_Fisher
Frances...the trauma! It's continuous, unrelenting trauma. We are destroying ourselves from within. I'm so very tired.
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How to help survivors:
Be with them
Listen to them
Breathe with them
Bring water, remind them to drink it
Offer food
Keep their phone charged
Walk the dog
Feed the kids
Repeat
Learn the signs of shock:
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America is literally making me ill. We were told to go get 218 votes for the AWB and PLCAA Bill.
We did it.
Now House leadership won't take it to the floor before recess...saying "after recess".
It's BS.
I've been sick at my stomach for 48 hrs over this.
Literally ill.
Let me be
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@mydogsarecrazy1
@mykingbrian
I blame the culture of guns. I blame the GOP who makes it easy to obtain guns while cutting and gutting mental health services. I blame politicians like this arse who glorify the culture and I blame the corrupt NRA. There is plenty of blame to go around.
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Want to be done with the
@NRA
?...Flood Twitter with photos of those you know taken by gun violence.
@fred_guttenberg
Jaimie & Jessi are just 2 of 40,000 every year. Year after year after year. I send you love daily.
RT if you love victims of gun violence like my daughter and can't wait to be done with the
@NRA
.
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If the shoe fits....
First we were “deplorables.” Then “chumps.” Then “spineless cowards” who only eat at Olive Garden.
And now? We’re “neanderthals.” Not smart enough to make decisions for ourselves.
This is what the Democrats think of us.
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Thoughts and prayers...that what we get from the GOP & the NRA after every mass shooting. Our turn to return the favor as sincerely as they sent theirs.
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.
@fred_guttenberg
We know the pain that no parent should have to bear. I am glad you joined this fight, but O am oh so sorry why. Jamie and Hessi shoukd still be with us living their best lives. My heart hurts with yours.
#SurvivorsEmpowered
8 years ago today, a gunman used an assault weapon to kill 12 people & injure 70 others in the Aurora movie theater, including the daughter of my friends
@MamaRedfield
@PapaRedfield
. If you agree that we owe it to them to solve this, get out and VOTE!!!
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As we are all preoccupied with yesterday's insurrection, it is important to remember that tomorrow is the 10 yr tragiversary of the shooting in Tucson, AZ. Gabby survived. Many didn't. We are all just one degree of separation from gun violence changing our lives forever.
I’m honored to share the stage with fellow survivors on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Tucson shooting. We’ll come together, tell stories, and share what we’ve learned since about courage and resilience. I hope you’ll join us tonight at 6pm ET.
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.
@AC360
.
@brianstelter
and many others understand this. My son asked Anderson to not mention the killer's name at his interview hours after his sister was slaughtered. Anderson has followed that stance since. Others need to follow Anderson and Brian.
Give notoriety to mass shooters by saying their name and showing their photo on every media outlet —> surge in ratings—> profit
—> coverage inspires next shooter —> repeat
The media need to recognize the role they play in mass shootings and commit to
#NoNotoriety
for shooters.
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.
@BetoORourke
on MSNBC Texans will die because of
@GovAbbott
decision to open Texas & eliminating masking. "They want to sacrifice lives for political power."
Run Beto Run!
#BetoForGovernor
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Which I could hide on a yacht & pretend people weren't dying because of guns. My baby girl died because this man & the gun lobby. You are all just one degree of separation from this plague. Speak up America! NRA=DEATH
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@mtgreenee
The rest of us woke up in tears that you & Q are destroying our country. You mock those of us who have had our children slaughtered in shootings & add insult posing with your weapon that was nothing but a prop. You should be disgraced & shunned by any decent American.
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This is my son. He's been on the frontline of Covid19 from the beginning. For a year now he has work to save people from this virus. His work ethic is beyond compare. I love him so deeply & completely.
#mamaproud
One year ago today, I stood outside with the
@TXEMTF
’s Infectious Disease Response Unit as a 747 landed in San Antonio carrying evacuees from Wuhan, China.
Our team didn’t know what we were in for, but we knew that we would be prepared through our shared experiences & training.
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The victim is not S&W...the victim is our entire society. We are drowning in the blood of our fellow countrymen killed in an undeclared war on their own soil. Dying because this country doesn't care enough to stop the bloodshed.
Only in America would a gun company that enables mass murders by letting people like the 19 year old that killed 17 of my classmates and administrators LEGALLY buy an AR-15 be framed as the victim.
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Hey Republican voters!
You ok with your party trying to suppress voting?
You ok with storming the Capitol? You ok with corruption?
Do you know your party doesn't even have a policy platform?
It's not ok.
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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS WARRIOR WOMAN!
These guys have the BIG guns...but she has the BIG b****.
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My precious daughter, Jessi, was taken from us by 6 bullets from an AR15 that was designed to be used in WAR...not by a civilian in a movie theater. The American people want these
#WeaponsOfWar
out of the hands of civilians and the assault weapons ban reinstated. Help Us!
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