Monday Open Thread | The Massacre in Dayton😢😢

Posted on August 5, 2019 by rikyrah

I went to sleep Saturday night with El Paso on my heart, only to wake up to the news about Dayton. As with those in El Paso, the victims in Dayton were targeted. No accident -the target place of choice. And, even though law enforcement were able to get into the scene of the massacre in under a minute…that is all it took to take NINE INNOCENT LIVES.

WHY does this even exist?😠😠😠

This is what a 100-round drum magazine looks like from the Dayton shooting. Authorities say he had a .223-cal rifle with this attached: pic.twitter.com/sWh8MDHI0g

— Nick Penzenstadler (@npenzenstadler) August 4, 2019

BREAKING: Authorities say Ohio shooter wore a bulletproof vest, mask, hearing protection and was carrying at least 100 rounds. https://t.co/U45gQEElMH

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 4, 2019

DEVELOPING: Dayton Police say the suspected gunman in the mass shooting that killed at least 9 overnight in Ohio was "neutralized in approximately 30 seconds of the suspect firing his first shots." https://t.co/IioiepY6gK pic.twitter.com/HA1Iydg0n0

— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) August 4, 2019

The crowd is SCREAMING “do something, do something!!!” As Gov. DeWine is said “my heart goes out to the victims” . The crowd started booing. pic.twitter.com/nFFhyDJavr

— Rob Sneed (@RobNBC4) August 5, 2019

19 out of 20 murderers have no mental illness diagnosis.

4 out of 5 mass shooters have no mental illness diagnosis, and half showed no signs on a prior, undiagnosed illness.

Framing this as just a mental illness problem is a gun industry trope. Period. Stop.

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) August 4, 2019

When I say Janet Napolitano was right this is what I am referring to.

Pull the receipts. The Republican Party is our problem. https://t.co/6BTVtuMAWZ

— Wakandan War Dog (@Kennymack1971) August 4, 2019

This is Monica Storey Brickhouse.

Just 39, she was killed in the #DaytonOhioShooting. She was a mother and a native of Springfield, OH who ran an event planning business called Two Good Girls. She was out with friend Nicole Warren-Curtis who was also gunned down. #DaytonStrong pic.twitter.com/2BWqpFG2tg

— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) August 5, 2019

This is Lois Oglesby.

She was one of the victims of the #DaytonMassShooting. She works at a daycare and is a mother. She leaves behind a daughter and a newborn baby.#DaytonStrong https://t.co/9GZzOykNSa

— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) August 4, 2019

This is Thomas McNichols – one of the victims of the #DaytonOhioShooting.

He was a father of 4 kids ages 2-8, and considered a ‘gentle giant’ among family members. Thomas worked at a factory on Saturday night before being gunned down. #DaytonStrong https://t.co/I6oEV6Ln5l

— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) August 4, 2019

2/3 of the victims in the #DaytonShooting were African American. This horrendous mass shooting must also be viewed as a potential racially-motivated hate crime. https://t.co/IOhqzSyDHM

— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) August 4, 2019

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79 Responses to Monday Open Thread | The Massacre in Dayton😢😢

Liza says:

August 6, 2019 at 9:19 am

Toni Morrison…

She wrote to us, for us, in us, of us. The nation read her but most did not reread or revist the textured rugged love in her prose. I don't want to live in a world where Morrison is not breathing. She left enough for our liberation. Let's please reread, revisit her love together.

— Kiese (@KieseLaymon) August 6, 2019

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Liza says:

August 5, 2019 at 8:50 pm

In Opinion@CharlesMBlow writes: The white supremacist terrorists and the white supremacist policymakers "are on the same team and share the same mission and eat from the same philosophical trough. It’s just that their methods differ." https://t.co/7jLEynXZOq

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 5, 2019

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Liza says:

August 5, 2019 at 8:45 pm

Truth.

As long as Donald Trump is president, this is not going to stop. It is his political strategy to divide us as Americans, but the good news is that we get to choose whether or not we're going to go down this path. pic.twitter.com/SraekX3USj

— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) August 6, 2019

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Ametia says:

August 5, 2019 at 5:17 pm

#BETOHASNOFUCKSTOGIVE

#BETOGIVESBLOODINSTEAD

Just finished donating blood. Thank you, Jennifer, for taking great care of Amy and me. Everyone who can do this should do it—not only after tragedies, but all year round. It's easy and it saves lives. Spread the word. pic.twitter.com/38mr5jw0Ip

— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 5, 2019

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 3:49 pm

NEW YORK (AP) — Judge sentences man who mailed pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and CNN to 20 years in prison.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 5, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 2:54 pm

Mulvaney: Relocating Offices is a ‘Wonderful Way’ to Shed Federal Employees

Mick Mulvaney demonstrated remarkable candor over the weekend when addressing a push by the Trump administration to move federal employees outside Washington, D.C.

During a Republican party event in his home state of South Carolina on Friday, the acting White House chief of staff largely dispensed with the administration’s favored talking points that moving some Agriculture Department offices to Kansas City would get federal employees closer to the constituents they serve. Instead, Mulvaney said the relocations would help the administration attain another goal: draining the swamp, specifically by shedding federal employees.

“I don’t know if you saw the news the other day, but the USDA moved two offices out of Washington, D.C., I think to Kansas City, Missouri,” Mulvaney boasted, while encouraging applause. “Guess what happened. Guess what happened. More than half the people quit.” (USDA has not yet decided if the offices will be in Kansas or Missouri.)

Mulvaney, who retains his title as Office of Management and Budget director and formerly headed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, went on to explain that the outcome of employees leaving in large numbers was a great victory for the administration.

“Now, it’s nearly impossible to fire a federal worker,” he said. “I know that because a lot of them work for me. And I’ve tried. And you can’t do it. But simply saying to the people, you know what, we’re going to take you outside the bubble, outside the Beltway, outside this liberal haven and move you out into the real part of the country, and they quit. What a wonderful way to streamline government and do what we haven’t been able to do for a long time.”

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Prior to Mulvaney’s comments, administration officials were careful to explain the moves as advancing the missions of agencies while saving taxpayer dollars. Joe Balash, Interior’s assistant secretary for land and mineral management, said the moves would help redistribute “institutional knowledge” throughout BLM and foster the development of a new generation of leadership.

Mulvaney, however, said the Trump administration’s efforts would combat liberals’ hard work at “making sure government lives forever and that it gets bigger.”

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 2:38 pm

For the Love of Guns: How Racism Drives Insecure White Men’s Attachment to Deadly Weapons
By Spandan

The shooter in Gilroy, California, was a white supremacist who used a legally purchased assault weapon to commit an act of terrorism.

The shooter in El Paso, Texas, is a white supremacist who legally purchased the AK-47 he used to shoot 20 people dead.

The shooter in Dayton, Ohio, was a self-described ‘leftist’ white misogynist who used legally purchased weapons to cause mayhem.

White, male, and insecure is, unfortunately, a more common description of mass shooters in America than not. Newsweek reported last year 54% of mass shootings in America were conducted by white men. White men who are insecure because they fear the loss of white, male privilege are the perpetrators of the majority of mass killings in this country, but simply being white, male and insecure is not enough to commit mass shootings. For that, insecure white males need one additional thing: the weapons of mass murder. That’s what the NRA, an organization comprised of insecure white people, is for.

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 2:26 pm

So, let's get it all out and talk about how we feel about this.

Like, when I saw his tweets?

Cold.

I swear I see all of the "Kamala is a Cop" people as threats now. I already saw MAGAs as threats.

I should have called the FBI on THEM instead of them calling on ME.

— Brave Black Woman (@Wonderbitch81) August 5, 2019

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 2:18 pm

From our REAL President 😭😭😭

pic.twitter.com/nNOVtQ50O4

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 5, 2019

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Liza says:

August 5, 2019 at 1:51 pm

Trump doesn’t care. He really doesn’t care.

WTH do you mean “marrying…to immigration reform”?! This is absolutely dispicable. https://t.co/1HWCxGeLAC

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) August 5, 2019

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- majiir says:
  
  August 5, 2019 at 2:47 pm
  
  I’m going straight hood when I write this: I ain’t studying the lying @ss, racist, bomb-throwing, accountability avoiding, deflecting, projecting, mthrkfrs in the WH and their supporters.
  
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Liza says:

August 5, 2019 at 1:45 pm

Interesting.

The reason the "Toledo" thing matters to me is because any man who'd actually given any thought to a recent mass casualty event would've seen "Toledo" on the teleprompter and realized immediately it was an error and said "Dayton" instead. Trump didn't know because he didn't care. https://t.co/d2MwWfHtCi

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) August 5, 2019

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- Liza says:
  
  August 5, 2019 at 1:47 pm
  
  Mayor of Dayton Nan Whaley: "I've heard that [President Trump's] coming Wednesday but I have not gotten a call. And you know he might be going to Toledo, I don't know." pic.twitter.com/CYnyF6hA31
  
  — The Hill (@thehill) August 5, 2019
  
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Liza says:

August 5, 2019 at 1:43 pm

Impeachment now!

Let's be very clear. You use the office of the presidency to encourage and embolden white supremacy. You use words like "infestation" and "invasion" to talk about human beings. We won't truly speak with one voice against hatred until your voice is no longer in the White House. https://t.co/CW3wxxTm2E

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 5, 2019

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Liza says:

August 5, 2019 at 12:51 pm

Agreed.

Beto O'Rourke is nuts if he doesn't announce tomorrow that he's going back to Texas to take on Cornyn.

He'd have the whole country behind him.

— Max Burns (@themaxburns) August 5, 2019

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Liza says:

August 5, 2019 at 12:43 pm

Comparing Palestinian human rights advocates to terrorist white nationalists is fundamentally a lie. Palestinians want equality, human dignity & to stop the imprisonment of children ⬇️.

White supremacy is calling for the *domination* of one race w/ the use of violence. https://t.co/vSPTxIZBTq pic.twitter.com/zHQbn1hmEr

— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) August 5, 2019

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 12:19 pm

Watch live: Officials are giving an update on the victims of the El Paso mass shooting READ: https://t.co/vMirVr3amr https://t.co/wU8nJG7HOb

— KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) August 5, 2019

Del Sol Medical Center now confirms two patients have died this morning, bringing the death toll now to 22.

— Brett Buffington (@BrettKHOU) August 5, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 11:42 am

Whenever white progressives(🌹™️) say, "Kamala's a cop, it's the result of a propaganda campaign that temporarily overrides white America's natural segregationist default settings. IRL they want cops to keep nonwhites in line. https://t.co/H2sQoRW8L6

— Needle of Arya (@Needle_of_Arya) August 5, 2019

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invertedlogicblog says:

August 5, 2019 at 11:41 am

My hopes and concerns to the victims and their families.

https://invertedlogicblog.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/paragraph-polemics15-why-i-no-longer-participate-in-the-gun-debate-dayton-and-el-paso-shootings/

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 11:39 am

He sure did. https://t.co/YDb9XdEDOh

— itgurl (@itgurl_29) August 5, 2019

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 11:37 am

Look at this shyt y’all.

Fan-fu@kin-tastic!!

Im never leaving my house again!!

Look at this crap!! pic.twitter.com/uoqTnphrjO

— HippieChick (@kathy_markovich) August 5, 2019

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- Liza says:
  
  August 5, 2019 at 12:37 pm
  
  White male swinging dicks. Those are dick extensions.
  
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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 11:21 am

Heads up, people. If you go out to eat, shopping, church, attend an event with your family, y’all better have a plan just in case chaos breaks out. We’re not safe anywhere. Always be vigilant.

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 10:40 am

Let’s be clear:
The victims in El Paso and Dayton were targeted for THEIR EXISTENCE.
Nothing else.
Just for BEING

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 10:09 am

Fuck you Ivanka. Seriously. Fuck you and your entire white supremacist family. https://t.co/hMLP5hp82y

— Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) August 4, 2019

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- Liza says:
  
  August 5, 2019 at 10:46 am
  
  Does this mean that Baby Girl Ivanka supports impeachment? Because that is Step One in destroying the evil of white supremacy.
  
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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 9:59 am

Absolutely on point:

Kay says:
August 5, 2019 at 7:07 am
Commentators can debate all day about President Trump’s performance as the head of government, but there is a rare degree of unanimity that the 45th president is not just a bad head of state; he is essentially incapable of performing that function. This had been clear long before this weekend…
… Trump was completely missing in action this weekend — except for Twitter. On that platform, he tried to mimic what a head of state would say, but it came across as tone-deaf…

IMO, they still don’t get it. Trump can’t speak with any credibility or moral authority because he doesn’t have any. He lies and he’s a mean-spirited, vindictive nasty racist. There’s nothing to pull this speech they’re all yearning for FROM. Of course he can’t do it- he’s trying to make a withdrawal from an account that is empty.
It’s more than speeches or delivery. The authority has to be grounded in something other than a title. They have this backward.

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 9:49 am

I stand with you @RepEscobar

"Words have consequences. The president has made my community and my people the enemy. He has told the country that we are people to be feared, people to be hated." —@RepEscobar pic.twitter.com/QH0rEPIeGc

— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) August 5, 2019

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 9:38 am

Like Beto said, connect the dots…here are #elpasoshooter’a words aligned with Trump’s incendiary tweets! pic.twitter.com/p4dzmnVnvr

— Larry Tenney 📷 (@LarryTenney) August 5, 2019

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 9:36 am

Beto is all of us right now. pic.twitter.com/5yjnibrxcB

— Matt Rogers 🎙 (@Politidope) August 5, 2019

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- Ametia says:
  
  August 5, 2019 at 1:47 pm
  
  Yes! Beto, ask those MFers, WHAT THE FUCK?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- Ametia says:
  
  August 5, 2019 at 2:00 pm
  
  And you BET NOT APOLOGIZE for one single word.
  
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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 9:31 am

El Paso Shooting Suspect’s Manifesto Echoes Trump’s Language #WhiteSupremacistInChief https://t.co/0rraYzMJ1o

— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) August 5, 2019

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 9:26 am

Trump, talking about migrants on the southern border: “How do you stop these people?”

Crowd: “Shoot them.”

Trump, chuckling: “That’s only in the Panhandle you can get away with that stuff.”pic.twitter.com/f5BGxpJA85

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) August 4, 2019

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 9:25 am

White supremacy won’t stop!

NBC News, facing mounting backlash stemming from former "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw's comments that Hispanics should "work harder at assimilation" into American culture, distanced the network from his "inappropriate" commentary.https://t.co/xOYabSCD15

— Mary (@MaryMary236joe) August 5, 2019

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- majiir says:
  
  August 5, 2019 at 3:11 pm
  
  I have degrees in history, and it pisses me off that few of those denigrating Mexicans living in America today don’t know that white Americans took/stole Mexico’s land in what is now the U.S. California, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona belonged to Mexico before the first European entered those areas due to a fraudulent belief in ”manifest destiny.”
  
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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 9:20 am

“Trump also discussed declaring a state of emergency in other cities controlled by Democrats, including San Francisco and Detroit” https://t.co/eWp3NBl7fY

— Ben Pershing (@benpershing) August 5, 2019

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 9:11 am

I don’t want to hear ANYTHING Trump has to say. NOT one damn thing. His hate filled rhetoric is the cause of this. 🔇🔇🔇

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- rikyrah says:
  
  August 5, 2019 at 9:20 am
  
  Not one phucking thing 😠😠😠
  
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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 9:10 am

Had either assailant been AA, the young men's parents and grandparents police records (wherever applicable) and evidence of past reception of any government assisitance funds would have been referred to as possible causes of all that mass death.

— Needle of Arya (@Needle_of_Arya) August 5, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 9:08 am

yvette nicole brown (@YNB) Tweeted:
This is not mental illness.

This is racism.
This is xenophobia.
This is hate.

Call it what it is: #DomesticTerrorism

Call him what he is: #WhiteNationalist

#ElPasoShooter https://twitter.com/YNB/status/1157876653751541760?s=17

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 9:04 am

A two-month old baby is in hospital with broken bones because his mother fell on him when she died, trying to shield him from bullets.

Is that enough for you to act, @senatemajldr? IS THAT ENOUGH?

— Elle DeSylva ❄️ (@elle_desylva) August 5, 2019

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- Liza says:
  
  August 5, 2019 at 9:08 am
  
  Both the father and the mother were killed. They had three children, now orphans.
  
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  - rikyrah says:
    
    August 5, 2019 at 9:09 am
    
    Oh Liza😪😪😪
    
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  - SouthernGirl2 says:
    
    August 5, 2019 at 11:11 am
    
    Lord Jesus!
    
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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 8:58 am

Michelangelo Signorile (@MSignorile) Tweeted:
Why would Trump — or his aides — be deleting his tweets that refer to immigrants as ‘invaders” if they have nothing to be guilty about?

And do they seriously think there aren’t records, screen caps of all of his tweets of the past? https://twitter.com/MSignorile/status/1158036881969491973?s=17

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 8:57 am

"There can be no middle ground when it comes to white nationalism and the terrorism it inspires. You’re either for it or against it."

We know which side Trump and the Republican party are on. It's time to stop this.https://t.co/nooI9Wozvg

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) August 5, 2019

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 8:47 am

.@BetoORourke tweeted: "We know what Trump is doing. He stokes racism. He incites violence. We shouldn’t be asking if there’s anything he can do or if he’s responsible for this when we know the answer.”

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 5, 2019

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 8:47 am

Trump tells his followers that dangerous hoards are invading from the south, infesting our country, bringing drugs & crime, they must be stopped, laughs when crowds shout “shoot them”, responding that you CAN “get away with that in the panhandle.” Trump is complicit. Impeach. NOW https://t.co/9s9OReLNEH

— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) August 5, 2019

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SouthernGirl2 says:

August 5, 2019 at 8:36 am

The congresswoman, who represents El Paso, just said President Trump is “not welcome” to visit https://t.co/QaHWlj60mO

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) August 5, 2019

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- majiir says:
  
  August 5, 2019 at 3:19 pm
  
  Hus campaign still owes the city of El Paso close to one-half million dollars from his last rally there.
  
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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 8:24 am

People like to point out his relationship with Obama.

I point to his relationship with Strom Thurman.

If I see a group of friends, and it contains you and 3 KKKlanners?

I am looking at a KKK meeting.

I make no distinction between racist policies from the left and right.

— Brave Black Woman (@Wonderbitch81) August 5, 2019

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- rikyrah says:
  
  August 5, 2019 at 8:25 am
  
  And make a name for himself is exactly what he did.
  
  1. He ended integration by teaming up with Segregationists.
  
  2. He wrote the 1994 Crime bill, worked on the 1984 & 1986 crime bills, and pushed policies directly targeting black men.
  
  3. He targeted poor women too.
  
  — Brave Black Woman (@Wonderbitch81) August 5, 2019
  
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  - rikyrah says:
    
    August 5, 2019 at 8:55 am
    
    I'm getting the impression that white Dems think they control US.
    
    That they can demand we accept racist fucking policies as long as they're written by a Democrat.
    
    I won't be voting for that old, smug, hypocritical asshole who attacked Cory and Kamala for locking black men up.
    
    — Brave Black Woman (@Wonderbitch81) August 5, 2019
    
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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 8:22 am

Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) Tweeted:
As America transforms into a killing field, here are the top recipients of campaign donations from the @NRA:

Sen. Burr: $6.9M
Sen. Blunt: $4.5M
Sen. Tillis: $4.4M
Sen. Gardner: $3.8M
Sen. Rubio: $3.3M
Sen. Ernst: $3.1M
Sen. Portman: $3M
Sen. Young: $2.8M
Sen. Cassidy: $2.8M https://twitter.com/Public_Citizen/status/1158016420015419392?s=17

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 8:20 am

Tynisa Wakandan Witch of Sass Walker (@Kalarigamerchic) Tweeted:
Taps bullhorn:

Millions of people live with mental illness in our country! None of you give a fuck about us till some bigot with a gun kills a bunch of people!

Stop equating mental illness to acts of terror! We live in stigmatization as it is! https://twitter.com/Kalarigamerchic/status/1158002975022952449?s=17

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 8:19 am

skeptical brotha 🌈 (@skepticalbrotha) Tweeted:
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, the grandson & nephew of the last two GOP presidents, wants you 2 know, in a Susan Collins way, how “concerned” he is about “white terrorism,” after endorsing the white terrorist in the White House when the rest of his fam declined. #ElPaso https://t.co/bHJifAHTVy https://twitter.com/skepticalbrotha/status/1158155551156711425?s=17

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 8:11 am

Lynn V (@lynnv378) Tweeted:
Elizabeth Warren was asked on MSNBC 2 hrs ago if she agreed with Kamala Harris’ Executive Action Plan.

She said she had to do research.

Now she is on CNN suddenly with a plan that is Harris’ plan, the one difference being she said she would do it on Day 1.

She stole her plan. https://twitter.com/lynnv378/status/1158207392208887810?s=17

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 8:09 am

Every country has mentally ill. Every country has video games. Every country has people who don’t pray. Every country has racists. Only America has near-daily mass shootings. It’s the guns https://t.co/qNEdXv8bto

— David Frum (@davidfrum) August 4, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 7:56 am

I'm also their target.

I'm Black.

White men are going around enacting terrorism upon minorities and I'm their target.

I'm their target.

😔

— Amene (@Ange_Amene) August 5, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 7:54 am

Shoutout to the photo editors on these images. These look like very thoughtful choices centering the right subjects & the right actions. https://t.co/ljatx1GIKB

— Kim Bellware (@bellwak) August 5, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 7:49 am

The media and the far left jumped all over Clinton for giving a speech denouncing and warning about white nationalism. So many said “she wasn’t focusing on real economic issues.” Turns out she was 100% right https://t.co/onquXePy3v

— Marcus H. Johnson (@marcushjohnson) August 4, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 7:07 am

Your father is a racist and a bigot. And has been one for a long time. Your silence in the wake of his many, many slurs about people of color make you complicit in his hateful rhetoric. If you had the capacity for shame, you would be ashamed. https://t.co/QCQmjQuhoo

— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) August 5, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 7:06 am

In the last two weeks, Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz introduced a bill to categorize Antifa as domestic terrorists because one person got hit with a milkshake.

They do nothing about real domestic terrorism and the real threat—violent, right wing white men.

— Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) August 4, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 7:05 am

Trump’s staff is deleting his tweets that used words like “ invaders” and “infested.” They are trying to hide Trump’s words and actions.

You can find all of his deleted tweets here:https://t.co/ey62TMWZGL

h/t @ResistanceWorks & @dvillella

— LiA (@LibsInAmerica) August 4, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 7:04 am

Trump’s staff is deleting all his tweets referring to immigrant arrivals as ‘invasions’, that is the most acknowledgment of culpability I’ve ever seen from this administration

— Danie Darko (@daniecal) August 4, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 7:03 am

Both @JulianCastro and @JoaquinCastroTX were like, “oh Barbara’s gonna learn today.” pic.twitter.com/x252Fbw0Pt

— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) August 4, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 6:56 am

She's a woman and thus to misogynists, a human embodiment of the soft worthless things like compassion and empathy that the media demand shows of. She's a human shield for a man with no humanity.

— Amanda in the Pan (@fantabulizer) August 4, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 6:47 am

Remarkable: asked for examples of bills they passed this year, Senate Republicans can't come up with a single one, or mention ones from last year. https://t.co/kxHWAYVwmT

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) August 5, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 6:46 am

Beto O’Rourke on his way to his car was asked if there’s anything Trump can do now to make this better.

“What do you think? You know the shit he’s been saying. He’s been calling Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals. I don’t know, like, members of the press, what the fuck?” pic.twitter.com/zjLYf4mzBr

— Eric Bradner (@ericbradner) August 5, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 6:45 am

Listen as a crowd of Kentuckians drowns out @senatemajldr with chants of “Moscow Mitch” today at Fancy Farm. Cc @KyDems pic.twitter.com/Ds5jSJOl5c

— Krystal Ball (@krystalball) August 4, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 6:43 am

😪😪😪🙏🙏

A devastating update

Liz Terry, aunt of Jordan Anchondo, has confirmed to CNN that, Jordan’s husband, Andre Anchondo, has also been confirmed dead in the El Paso shooting.

Their three children—ages 5, 2 & 2 months old—lost both of their parents…

— Dianne Gallagher (@DianneG) August 4, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 6:37 am

To many people, Trump and the GOP now look like the "state sponsor" of this stochastic terrorism. The institutional figures encouraging a breakdown of Public Order.

And I think that could have electoral consequences come next fall.

(end)

— Noah Smith 🐇 (@Noahpinion) August 4, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 6:36 am

The fundamental reason there’s violence is because Trump is doing what he said he would and the country still isn’t all white. For a radical racist who wants an all white country, what else is there to do

— Hedge Fund with Class Character (@MenshevikM) August 4, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 6:35 am

This weekend merely highlights a hard truth: since 2017 the United States has lacked a proper head of state. https://t.co/Et6aDyPujZ

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 5, 2019

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 6:34 am

Dems have been calling Trump "racist" before now, but you definitely see a dam breaking post El Paso. This Warren clip, for example, happened days ago, but it's now being piled on top of her (standard Dem) call for gun control. https://t.co/PN0WEsHS6t

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 4, 2019

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August 5, 2019 at 6:27 am

I know we are full of faith in the promise of tomorrow, but I also know that to get to tomorrow, we must fight today.

Honored to spend the morning with worshipers at Victory Baptist Church in Las Vegas, who understand the importance of speaking up and speaking out against hate. pic.twitter.com/MfnqZIC5CJ

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 4, 2019

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nedhamson says:

August 5, 2019 at 5:29 am

White nationalists competing in shooting and on internet for most deaths – elected people do nothing to force votes to control access to guns ammo, and hate channels.

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rikyrah says:

August 5, 2019 at 4:33 am

Good Morning, Everyone 🙁🙁🙁

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