Samuel Schwartz🟧
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My cousin Alex Schachter was killed in the Parkland shooting. Now, I am dedicated to ending gun violence. Executive Director @ttsavedemocracy
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🚨 HUGE NEWS: Gen-Z is touring the country touring the country to FLIP SEATS BLUE!! Join us this summer!! Watch below ⬇️
#TourToSaveDemocracy
This summer, Gen Z is going on a Tour To Save Democracy! We’re stopping in Republican seats around the country to flip them blue and fight for our future.
Watch our announcement video below to see how we’re gonna do it.
#TourToSaveDemocracy
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🧵 In 2018, my cousin & best friend Alex Schachter was killed by a gunman with an AR15 in Parkland. I am sick & tired of congressional inaction. On June 6th, I will sit-in at the US Capitol to demand a vote to
#BanAssaultWeapons
. I invite others to join me.
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Katie Britt just said that there are empty chairs at the dinner table tonight.
Yeah, like my cousin Alex who was killed because Republicans refuse to take action on guns.
Don’t act like you care about innocent Americans dying when you allow 45k people a year to die from gun
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To Donald Trump:
You just told your supporters to “get over” the Iowa shooting.
My cousin Alex was killed in a mass shooting almost 6 years ago now. You can see us below. My family is still not “over it.” We’re never going to be “over it.” Every holiday, birthday, and dinner
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This is a picture of me and my cousin Alex. Today would have been Alex’s 20th birthday. We would have been celebrating today, except Alex will forever be 14 years old, because he was murdered in his English classroom with an AR15 in Parkland, FL.
Please remember Alex today and
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This is a picture of Joaquin “Guac” Oliver and his parents. Today, Joaquin and his family would have been celebrating his 23rd birthday, but he was murdered by a gunman with an AR-15 in Parkland.
On the day of his death, he had walked into school with a bouquet of flowers and
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Glad you’re happy. My cousin Alex doesn’t get to celebrate Valentine’s Day anymore because he was murdered in his high school 6 years ago. And it’s because of people like you, who continue to arm mass shooters and accept NRA blood money.
Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone, and especially to Kelly, the love of my life.
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This is a picture of me and my cousin Alex. Alex was murdered in his English classroom by a gunman using an AR15.
Alex‘s death is considered “collateral damage” to the gun lobby. In fact, Republicans want to make it easier for mass shootings to occur, by allowing guns to be
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👋Hi everyone. My name is Sam Schwartz and I’m 19 years old. The picture below is of me and my cousin Alex. When we were both 14, Alex was murdered in his English classroom in Parkland by a gunman using an AR-15.
I instantly felt my childhood disappear. Since that day, I have
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This is heartbreaking. Below is a picture of Ahmir Jolliff. He was the 11-year old boy killed 3 days ago in the Iowa school shooting. He was known as “Smiley.”
Donald Trump’s response was to “get over” the shooting. Thats not going to happen. I want everyone to remember Ahmir
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I’m Sam Schwartz, I’m 20 years old, I’m in Florida, and I’m voting for Joe Biden in November.
How about you??
Happy Monday morning.
I’m Chris Mowrey, I’m 22, I’m in Georgia, and I’m voting for Joe Biden in November.
How bout you? :)
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In 2018, my cousin & best friend Alex Schachter was killed by a gunman using an AR15 in Parkland FL.
This is a picture of us. We were 7 years old in this picture. 7 years later, the shooting would happen.
In the 6 years since the shooting, I’ve been to DC countless times to
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Today is Jamie Guttenberg’s 20th birthday. Like my cousin Alex, she will forever be 14 years old because of what happened to our families on Feb 14, 2018. Instead of celebrating, the Guttenberg’s will be spending the day with Jamie at the cemetery. No parent should ever have to
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This is a picture of me and my cousin Alex. 6 years ago today, Alex was shot and killed in his English classroom in Parkland.
For a lot of people, today represents love. But for my family, this is the worst day of the year.
As the day unfolded, we desperately tried to locate
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80+ armed officers, one helicopter, two mass arrest units, eight police cars, and 12 police motorcycles were ready to protect the NRA building from 22 empty school buses representing the 1,252 children that were shot and killed during this year.
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@tkelce
Travis, please use your massive platform and voice to call for gun safety laws to be put into place so we can avoid future tragedies
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After the assassination of JFK with a rifle that was advertised on the back of the NRA’s own magazine, and then bought through mail, Congress passed legislation to ban mail-order sales of guns.
The NRA’s vice president had this to say during the 1968 testimony: “We do not think
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A group of Girl Scouts just walked by us. We asked them if they knew what a sit in was and if they had heard of the mass shooting epidemic. Every single one of them had their own stories of gun violence experiences and of lockdowns in their schools. Some said they didn’t know
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On my way to the White House this morning to hear
@POTUS
deliver remarks on the historic creation of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention! It’s so nice having a President who is fighting for my generation’s lives every single day.
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This is a picture of Uziyah “Uzi” Garcia. Today, Uzi and his family would have been celebrating his 12th birthday, but Uzi and 20 of his classmates and teachers were murdered in Uvalde by a gunman using an assault weapon.
Please keep Uzi and his parents,
@BCross052422
and
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The Las Vegas massacre is the deadliest mass shooting on American soil. 60 people were gunned down, and 867 people were injured.
But America has forgotten about what happened here in favor of gambling and a good time.
So we decided to do something about that. Today we
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The first annual sit in is over. I want to say thank you to everyone that came out and sat with us to demand change, and all the lawmakers that pledged to take action. It was a week that restored my hope that we can make change together, and that we must never give up. Thank you!
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If I were a Republican watching what happened in North Carolina today, I’d be very concerned at best. The protests we’ve been seeing around the country in places like Tennessee and North Carolina have been led by young people, for 1 simple reason:
We are so sick and tired of
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If you need anymore proof as to how scared the gun lobby is of our movement and Gen Z, look how many officers were stationed outside of the NRA upon our arrival.
We’ve got them scared. Now, let’s show them that they’re right to fear us in 2024. Get out there and VOTE.
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🚨HAPPENING NOW: Families from Parkland, Uvalde, and Santa Fe, gather in the Texas State Capitol to demand action on preventing gun violence. They are urging those who are fed up and ready for change to ORGANIZE in their communities and VOTE Republicans out of office.
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So, to summarize today:
President Biden gave one of his most brilliant speeches yet and showed just what defending democracy looks like.
Donald Trump made fun of people with a stutter and told mass shooting survivors to “get over it.”
The choice could not be more clear.
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My name is Sam Schwartz and I’m 20 years old.
On February 14th, 2018, my cousin and best friend Alex Schachter was murdered by a gunman using an AR15 in Parkland.
For the last 5 years, I have been fighting relentlessly for stricter gun laws in America, so that more families
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Just got this video from my friend who is in hiding right now during the shooting at UNC Chapel Hill. He’s watching the cops search for the shooter.
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So now stop fucking telling me that putting more cops in school is the answer to ending mass shootings. Scot Peterson didn’t save my cousin or his friends, and the 376 cops in Uvalde sure as hell didn’t save those kids.
Here’s an example of a “good guy with a gun.” Except he
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Today Don Jr. admitted that 30 round magazines are not for hunting and are explicitly for killing humans… glad we’re on the same page now.
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This is a letter written by Joaquin Oliver to a US gun owner. He was 12 years old.
5 years and 2 days later, Joaquin would be killed in a school shooting in Parkland, FL.
One of the most haunting things I’ve ever read.
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🚨BREAKING: After the deadly school shooting at UNC-Chapel Hill, students have gathered in the NC State Capitol to DEMAND CHANGE, chanting “vote them out!” This is amazing and exactly what we need right now. Gen Z is pissed off and we’re not taking no for an answer.
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Gen Z will make sure that Gen Alpha can grow up safely without the threat of being killed in their schools. We are fighting for our lives, as well as for future generations.
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If we all come together, we can put enough pressure Congress to vote on an assault weapons ban. Currently, they would rather play political games and accept blood money than save our lives. Aren’t you tired of waking up to the news of another massacre? Have you had enough yet?
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I am so so sorry to everyone at UNC Chapel Hill that you all had to experience this today. This is what daily life looks like when Republicans make decisions on guns. The only way we can stop this is by voting blue in 2024.
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🚨 BREAKING: Jared Golden, who previously voted against the assault weapons ban, just stated that “it’s time to take responsibility” and that he now SUPPORTS the ban during a press conference about the Maine shooting. THANK YOU Rep. Golden!
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If you have ever turned on the news and wondered how the hell these mass shootings are still happening in this country, this is your opportunity to do something about it. If you are still sitting on the sidelines, you are part of the problem. Join me starting June 6th.
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We took 23 school buses to the NRA Headquarters. My cousin Alex’s death is due in large part to the millions of dollars of political contributions by the NRA to Republicans who then block all attempts at safer gun laws.
An assault weapons ban would have saved my cousin’s life.
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What a fantastic rally today in Tucson at the January 8th Memorial. Gen Z will be the generation to end mass shootings and BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS. Work with us, or get out of the way.
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We are here standing outside of Pelosi’s office but the door is locked and no one is answering. It’s time for the house to vote for an assault weapons ban. Call 202-224-3121 and ask for Pelosi and Hoyer’s officer. Demand for them to keep their word. Pass an Assault weapons ban
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I’m at the Route 91 shooting memorial, the deadliest mass shooting in American history, where 60 people were killed, and 867 more were injured. Does that even resonate with anyone anymore? The number is so big it almost doesn’t seem real. It’s unfathomable to me.
The memorial
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🚨HUGE NEWS!! Maryland just became one of the first states to open a dedicated Office of Gun Violence Prevention! This is what happens when we elect Democrats. Thank you to everyone who fought for this.
Big deal. Under
@GovWesMoore
’s leadership, Maryland will open and fully fund Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention.
One of the first states in the country to open up an office dedicated to preventing gun violence.
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This work so often lies on the shoulders of the family members. Brett Cross is one of the most powerful and determined fighters for change I have ever met along this journey.
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Gun deaths have steadily gone up every single year in the US-but Republicans will still have you believe that more guns = more protection. With 393m guns in the US, I’m wondering when that will come true. We’ve tried it their way for too long- it’s time for sweeping gun control.
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It’s true. If seeing the memorials to literal babies who were killed in their classrooms as they watched Lilo and Stitch doesn’t make you sick to your fucking stomach, then you are without reason. And this shit is just going to keep happening so long as Republicans hold office.
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🚨 BREAKING: Manuel and Patricia Oliver, who lost their son Joaquin Oliver in the Parkland shooting, unveil the first ever toy to fight gun violence, Joaquin as a bobblehead!! He is made into a superhero saying F*CK THE NRA
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These parents, whose children were all killed with an unsecured firearm, are making a heart wrenching plea to the country to lockup their firearms. They don’t want anymore children to have the same fate as theirs. Listen to them, and hear their voices:
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This is an open message to every single lawmaker who has yet to take action on ending mass shootings. Go with my uncle
@maxschachter
and see what happened in Parkland. Witness the destruction he saw, and then ask yourself what you’re doing to stop this in your own communities.
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Just to clarify, this event will be at LEAST seven days long. June 6-12 is the first week
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If you are ready to see an end to the bloodshed, join me on June 6-12 at the Capitol Building. My cousin’s death is what happens when our lawmakers do nothing. Let’s demand they don’t make this mistake again.
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For Alex’s 20th birthday, we shared his favorite meal, chicken alfredo. I order this whenever the restaurant I’m at offers it, as a way to keep his memory alive. I’m so happy everybody else joined me. This is how we don’t forget our loved ones🧡Happy birthday Alex!
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@KristiNoem
Maybe he’s thinking about the mob of insurrectionists, encouraged by Trump, who stormed the capitol building chanting “hang Mike pence.” Just a thought.
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🚨 MAJOR NEWS: President Biden will officially create an Office of Gun Violence Prevention on Friday. For years we have been asking for this, and for Biden to deliver on this is a MAJOR step forward. Biden continues to show why he's the best choice for 2024 and young people.
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This is fantastic. 60 mayors from across the country just signed an open letter to Speaker Johnson asking Congress to get weapons of war off our streets. Many of these mayors’ cities have been affected by devastating mass shootings.
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The NRA put this out tonight after a white supremacist used an AR-15 to murder people at a dollar store in Florida.
Americans vehemently disagree with Joe on this.
Millions of law-abiding citizens own and use AR-15s to defend themselves and their families.
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Now is a great time to remind everyone that the inventor of the AR15 created it for the MILITARY ONLY, not civilians.
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I also just want to give a MASSIVE public thank you to
@RepSwalwell
for coming to the sit in multiple times and even giving lunch to us on one of the days! He spent so much time with us and truly went out of his way to make sure we were doing well. He is truly a great person.
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I didn’t join this fight until my cousin was slaughtered in his English class.
Don’t be like me. Don’t wait until you have to bury your loved ones to start caring.
JOIN ME in DC on June 6th to DEMAND that Congress votes on an assault weapons ban.
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For those of you who have forgotten, or maybe don’t know, the INVENTOR of the AR-15, Eugene Stoner, never intended the gun for civilian use. It was made purely for the US military.
His family said the following after the Pulse nightclub shooting, where 49 people were killed:
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🚨 BREAKING: Ohio Issue 1, which establishes the right to an abortion in the state constitution, has PASSED! This is absolutely incredible and proof that even in a red state like Ohio, anything is possible when we vote.
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I can’t wait to tell you all about the things we’ve been planning for the 2024 election. It’s so exciting and I want you all to be apart of it.
Gen Z will bring the change we want to see, and we will make sure that MAGA Republicans and Trumpism are only distant memories.
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@NYTimesPR
@nytimes
Love how you didn’t deny that you covered President Biden negatively in your articles because of getting payback. Shameful
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VP Harris just asked a group of 5,000 students at FIU if they’ve ever participated in a school shooting drill. Every single hand shot up. These kids will be voting blue in 2024. Republicans should be very, very scared.
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Hours ago, Senate Dems attempted to pass 3 lifesaving gun safety bills. Republicans objected to every single one of them.
Now we are hearing reports of another mass shooting. There are “Many victims dead” at UNLV.
Republican inaction has yet again cost Americans their lives.
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It’s almost like you forgot that you’re the chairman of the Judiciary Committee and can pass the assault weapons ban literally right now if you voted on it. 417 mass shootings this year alone. Stop sending these meaningless fucking tweets and take action.
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I hate watching those I care about suffer. After every new mass shooting, the families are re-traumatized to the pain of their own shooting.
To be specific, there’s been 33 more mass shootings since we’ve left Parkland.
You don’t want to join this club.
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This happened over the weekend in Uvalde. 🚨Warning: there are gunshots in this video. This doesn’t have to be our America. 2024 can be the year we change this. Pro 2A extremists and the gun lobby will not dictate this country any longer.
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Happy 4th of July everyone! I want to introduce you to Beau. I had the honor of meeting Beau at the sit-in this past June. Beau is one of the sweetest kids you’ll ever meet. He was constantly running around the sit-in site asking if you’ve heard of Zelda or if you want to play on
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Ron DeSantis tweeted this after literal Nazis have held marches in Florida for months. He has yet to denounce them. DeSantis is a neo-Nazi sympathizer.
On this Yom Kippur,
@CaseyDeSantis
and I hope that our Jewish friends have an easy and meaningful fast. G’mar Chatimah Tovah.
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We are on our way to El Paso for a rally with our absolute favorite person
@BetoORourke
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While thousands of MAGA bot accounts are attacking me for supporting President Biden, I’ll direct your attention to something more productive- Tour To Save Democracy.
This summer, Gen Z is going on a tour across the country stopping in Republican seats to flip them blue!
Watch
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I am calling on Republican leadership to get their shit together so the House can stay in session tomorrow. This hasn’t happened in 20 years. Very fitting that Republican leadership can’t even handle this. Survivors and families of mass shooting victims are all here, right in
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Wanna know why shootings in the US keep happening? More than 13.7 MILLION AR-15s have been manufactured by US gun manufacturers since the Sandy Hook shooting. Manufacturers have made $11 billion in revenue off the production of assault weapons used to murder Americans.
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You better believe that the generation who has hid under their desks all their lives is going to reject Republicans flat out in 2024.
We are more than ready for change.
Who’s with us??
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This will be the first time since Sandy Hook that the Assault Weapons Ban receives a vote in the Senate. It’s a really big deal. The difference between Democrats, who fight for the American people, and Republicans who fight for the gun lobby, could not be more clear.
This week, I will put the Assault Weapons Ban on the Senate floor.
After I led the passage of the Brady Bill and the Assault Weapons Ban 30 years ago, America saw a decrease in mass shootings and gun deaths.
We must stand with the American people and against the gun lobby.
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I still can’t get over how incredible it was to see
@MaxwellFrostFL
stand beside the President and VP yesterday. I truly felt represented as a member of Gen Z in government like never before during this moment. He is the first Gen Z member of Congress but he won’t be the last!
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Every responsible and law-abiding gun owner should have no problem with gun safety legislation. If you do, you’re not a responsible gun owner.
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🚨 BREAKING: Democratic House Leaders announce a DISCHARGE PETITION aimed at closing the Charleston loophole, universal background checks, and a federal assault weapons ban.
Democrats prove time and time again that they are the party of the PEOPLE.
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This is why we took 23 school buses to the NRA HQ. They push this kind of rhetoric which in turn gets people killed and causes mass shootings. Keep in mind, a majority of Americans, over 61%, agree with the President on this. F*ck the NRA.
Americans vehemently disagree with Joe on this.
Millions of law-abiding citizens own and use AR-15s to defend themselves and their families.
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Last time I was in DC, we sat right here for 7 days straight to demand the Senate vote on the assault weapons ban.
Now we are back because this vote is happening today!
Today, Leader Schumer will ask for a Unanimous Consent vote on the Assault Weapons Ban. Ethan’s Law and
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🚨AMAZING NEWS: Vice President Kamala Harris will LEAD the brand new Office of Gun Violence Prevention! This is absolutely incredible. The Biden Administration is showing young people and the rest of the country that this is a top priority for them. I couldn’t be more thankful!
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The Uvalde show of unity and strength was incredible. We would like to thank all the community members who came out in support of our mission to prevent gun violence. The families of Uvalde shared their stories of grief, but one thing remained the same: they want you to VOTE. 🧡
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REPUBLICANS ARE NOT SERIOUS PEOPLE. Lauren Boebert just THREW OUT a pamphlet of a Uvalde victim, because my friend Sarah told her “We hope you can take action on gun violence prevention.” Seriously? These people don’t even want to TALK about reducing gun violence. VOTE THEM OUT
Update: We just talked to Lauren Boebert about what the pin represents. She immediately threw away the pin and shook her head “no” when I said we hope you can take action on gun violence prevention.
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Biden: “I’m demanding a BAN on assault weapons and to PASS universal background checks.”
LETS GOOOO!!!
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So maybe if this coward piece of shit had done his job instead of running away, my cousin and 16 of his friends and educators would be alive today. These kids trusted him with their lives and he left them to die. He sat outside and took cover for more than 45 minutes while a
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@SpeakerJohnson
You and the rest of Republicans killed the border deal. Don’t try to spin this
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Our panel at Comic Con was absolutely incredible. When we said “F*ck the NRA,”the entire audience erupted in applause. And these aren’t people typically engaged in the gun violence prevention space. This is how we will beat the gun lobby- by creating community.
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Republican logic:
18 year olds can fight in the military, legally buy AR-15s, and give birth at 13.
25 years olds can’t vote though. They’re not old enough to make those tough grown up decisions.
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is calling to ban 18 to 25-year-olds from voting or force Gen Z voters to undergo a government-mandated “test” to have their voting rights restored. The test would not apply to other generations.
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Here’s a Day 10 update from our tour across the nation to spread awareness of how severe gun violence is. These statistics are from July 3rd (when our tour started) to July 13th.
There have been 38 mass shootings.
Over 1,100 people have been killed due to gun violence. That’s
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So Republicans can hold Facebook accountable when people are hurt by their products… just not gun manufacturers though.
NEW: Josh Hawley goes off on Mark Zuckerberg and forces him to stand up, turn around and apologize to families who were impacted by child exploitation on META platforms.
Humiliating.
"You didn't take any action. You didn't fire anybody."
"There's families of victims here
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Leader Schumer has not been here to talk to us yet and has been completely silent. Everyone watching: we need your help. Call 202-224-3121. Ask for Leader Schemer’s office. Tell him to come out and talk to us and to put the Assault Weapons Ban on the floor for a vote.
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