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Republican memo on strategy on masshootings

Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 28,933
edited August 2019 in A Moving Train
Remember that some people  on here were parroting these talkingpoints.


Memo reveals a House Republican strategy on shootings: downplay white nationalism, blame left


Congressional Republicans recently circulated talking points on gun violence that falsely described the El Paso massacre and other mass shootings as “violence from the left.”

A document obtained by the Tampa Bay Times and sent by House Republicans provides a framework for how to respond to anticipated questions like, “Why won’t you pass legislation to close the ‘gun show loophole’ in federal law?” and “Why shouldn’t we ban high-capacity magazines?" The answers are boilerplate Republican arguments against tougher gun restrictions.

But it also included this question: “Do you believe white nationalism is driving more mass shootings recently?” The suggested response is to steer the conversation away from white nationalism to an argument that implies both sides are to blame.

"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 28,933
    And this is happening at the same time:


    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 28,283
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    And this is happening at the same time:


    He’s a fascist piece of shit !
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    pearljammr78pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    The Nazi groups are ok in Portland according to this President? The anti nazi groups are terrorists? Somebody wake me from this fucked up nightmare please. I am sooooo full of hate. Hate of this orange douchebag and his administration. 
    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
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    BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,538
    edited August 2019
    Republicans seem to have no problem supporting, identifying  with, and voting for...

    Neo-nazis
    Racists
    White nationalists
    White supremacists 
    Xenophobes
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    pearljammr78pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    Bentleyspop said:
    Republicans seem to have no problem supporting, identifying  with, and voting for...

    Neo-nazis
    Racists
    White nationalists
    White supremacists 
    Xenophobes
    But they love Jesus 
    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
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    OnWis97OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 4,822
    Owing Libs: THE driving force in America since 2016
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    mickeyratmickeyrat up my ass, like Chadwick was up his Posts: 35,690
    pearljammr78 said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Republicans seem to have no problem supporting, identifying  with, and voting for...

    Neo-nazis
    Racists
    White nationalists
    White supremacists 
    Xenophobes
    But they love Jesus 
    just not enough to follow him..... the old testament, now that they can get behind....
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    pearljammr78pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    OnWis97 said:
    Owing Libs: THE driving force in America since 2016
    I don’t know what this is supposed to mean. Maybe I’m slow. 
    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
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    rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    pearljammr78 said:
    OnWis97 said:
    Owing Libs: THE driving force in America since 2016
    I don’t know what this is supposed to mean. Maybe I’m slow. 
    What he means is that opposition to liberalism has become more important to the average conservative than support for any given principle... They stand against progressive ideas so fervently, they have no impetus left to stand for anything.
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    BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 10,538
    rgambs said:
    pearljammr78 said:⁸
    OnWis97 said:
    Owing Libs: THE driving force in America since 2016
    I don’t know what this is supposed to mean. Maybe I’m slow. 
    What he means is that opposition to liberalism has become more important to the average conservative than support for any given principle... They stand against progressive ideas so fervently, they have no impetus left to stand for anything.
    They do stand for lots of things.... 
    Fear
    Hate
    Ignorance 
    Racism
    Xenophobia
    White supremacy
    Etc
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    pearljammr78pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    rgambs said:
    pearljammr78 said:
    OnWis97 said:
    Owing Libs: THE driving force in America since 2016
    I don’t know what this is supposed to mean. Maybe I’m slow. 
    What he means is that opposition to liberalism has become more important to the average conservative than support for any given principle... They stand against progressive ideas so fervently, they have no impetus left to stand for anything.
    Thank you. Makes sense now and is a true statement. Nice explanation. 
    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
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    rollingsrollings unknown Posts: 7,124
    I would like to stand for 
    Etc 

    too
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