In the aftermath of the latest of the now bi-weekly school shootings, Donald Trump couldn’t be bothered to muster the courage to go in front of the TV cameras and address the nation about how his administration will prevent the scourge of murderous gun violence.
Such an act would garner negative comparisons with the empathetic leadership of his hated predecessor Barack Obama who handled national outpourings of grief with grace, dignity, and sympathy. It would also majorly piss off the Republican NRA donors who help keep the party afloat with their copious campaign contributions.
Instead Trump took to his preferred medium of Twitter to comment on the latest atrocity with the typical GOP call for thoughts, prayers, and condolences and absolutely no plan of action to prevent future incidents like this from occurring again.
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My prayers and condolences to the families of the victims of the terrible Florida shooting. No child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 14, 2018
While it’s impossible to argue with his sentiment regarding the necessity of everyone in an American school to feel secure and safe, the fact that Republicans refuse to even discuss solutions to mass murder in the days when it’s most on everyone’s mind, always claiming “it’s not time” and “it’s too soon” as an excuse, means that no action is ever taken.
That’s exactly what the NRA wants, and with an average of two mass shootings a week in 2018, you can be sure that it will never be time in their eyes.
The inadequacy of Trump’s response was so obvious that he must have felt compelled to send another tweet shortly after the first, with a slight hint that maybe the government would be addressing the issue through local police, at least in Florida.
Just spoke to Governor Rick Scott. We are working closely with law enforcement on the terrible Florida school shooting.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 14, 2018
You can practically feel the desperate balancing act that Trump is attempting, trying to look like he’s on top of the situation with an actionable plan while simultaneously punting the responsibility to local law enforcement and state officials, so he won’t actually have to try to deal with the issue himself.
Judging from the responses to the President’s tweets, his strategy was not a successful as he may have hoped.
You are an idiot
— Tom Cutcher (@TomCutcher) February 15, 2018
I think the only way these politicians who accept massive donations from the @NRA to wake up is to show them uncensored pictures of dead children & explain in person to the parents of these children why they had to die.
— Daria (@DariaBilowus) February 15, 2018
— Yaya_41 (@yaya_41) February 14, 2018
When are going to start talking about gun control? My guess is the day after never.
— ☠️☠️Bad2ZBone☠️☠️ (@HeIsUNFIT2Lead) February 14, 2018
Can we talk about gun laws now?
— Cody (@candrus68) February 14, 2018
Why isn’t congress even talking about stepping up to prevent attacks like this? We can have significant gun laws that don’t encroach upon the 2nd Amendment!
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) February 14, 2018
— BlanketyBlank…. (@HooDusay) February 15, 2018
it took you over 12 school shootings to start thinking about a change? okay
— sofie™ (@qbfabulous) February 15, 2018
— Albatross (@jbrown436) February 14, 2018
Nah, he doesn't read.
Watching Fox is more like it. pic.twitter.com/nvBbpLVx1m
— John Peek #FBPE (@john196201) February 15, 2018
18 school shootings in America in just 43 days of 2018 And it happens “only in America.”The Congress does nothing.Sold out NRA.Common-sense gun safety.
— syed shamsuzzaman (@syed32701) February 15, 2018
You can't accomplish anything from a golf course fuck head. @NRA @WhiteHouse @mike_pence
If he was anything other than white he would've been shit dead. pic.twitter.com/FmWtdFp6AO— Tommy Pistol (@TommyPistol) February 15, 2018
Not exactly the replies he was looking for. Please remember the reactions to the shootings and the subsequent response in Congress when you head to the polling place in November for the mid-term elections. The only way to stop the NRA’s pernicious control of the Republican party and their obstruction of meaningful gun legislation is to vote those under its control out of office.
