That McCounaghey speech would go down easier if his autobiography didn't explicitly state that he and his whole family have voted hard-line Republican their entire lives. They've voted against gun control their entire lives. But now the bad thing happened in his backyard, so...

@DAvallone @pgb623 @JoseMolinaTV @ChuckWendig Sad it has to be the daughter & not the father’s son. 😞

@lonelydoll @pgb623 @JoseMolinaTV @ChuckWendig Actually, it's sad that human suffering doesn't move them unless it's under their own roof. Daughter is just an example. And the one I see the most frequently.

@DAvallone @JoseMolinaTV @ChuckWendig Sometimes I really think the fundamental difference between people who vote GOP and people who vote Dem is that GOP voters are missing the empathy gene and Dems are not.

@DAvallone @JoseMolinaTV @ChuckWendig How do you know my dad? Nail on the head.

@DAvallone @JoseMolinaTV @ChuckWendig This EXACTLY. Against abortion until their kid needs one. Against stem cell research until dad is dxd w/ Alzheimer’s. Anti-LGBT until their son comes out. Anti-Gov “handouts” until they want a PPP loan. Against “socialized” medicine until the status quo bankrupts them. Etc etc.

@DAvallone @JoseMolinaTV @ChuckWendig accurate

@DAvallone @JoseMolinaTV @ChuckWendig But none of them cared when Scalise got shot, including Scalise.

@DAvallone @JoseMolinaTV @ChuckWendig This was fully on display for me during the Kavanaugh hearings. So much disdain for Christine Blasey Ford & her spotty memory, yet when I said here’s what happened to me and these are the holes in my memory from that night, suddenly there was empathy because they knew me