And here’s the thing - the people attending these things are verifiably not stupid. A lot of them can’t use ignorance as an excuse. They must know in their brain that they are being lied to, but they just turn that part off to eat it up.

i honestly thought having dana at the town hall was a waste of everyone’s time

I’m pretty sure Trump is of the opinion that they’re ‘crisis actors’ because he reads the gateway pundit every day.

Marco Rubio looked a survivor of Parkland in the eye, told him he wouldn’t stop the NRA from giving him money...then ran away to Twitter to call an arena full of his constituents out of touch.

“fake news is the reason that conservatives are winning right now, because they can’t stop lying. They’re pathological.”

This is why I hate the media lately. They condemn someone for their positions then place these cheap accolades on them in order “to be fair” and give their talking heads something to argue about. He’s their fucking Senator. Its his job to show up! He gets paid to do this.

Good. I hope he continues to be “bullied.” I hope he gets “held down” and given a “swirlie” and his “lunch money” gets “stolen.”

Wow, he dared to actually let some of his constituents talk to him about an issue that has devastated their lives, what a fucking hero. I’m sure Congress is already looking at giving him a Medal of Honor for his bravery.

It’s kind of like how the default excuse when a politician or businessman gets caught doing something horrendous, the excuse usually boils down to “I didn’t mean to [fuck people over/kill people/lose shitloads of money/etc], I’m just laughably incompetent at this job! No big deal!

i love that the youth is finding a voice and showing signs of social evolution.

I’d imagine they’re on the lookout for these kids now, especially after watching them nuke a U.S. Senator and the face of the NRA. The only way to argue with them is to look them in the eye and tell them that the dead friends and siblings that they just got done burying are not a priority. And these kids would make…

There’s also the simple fact that the black market is flooded with guns because they’re so easy to obtain legally.

If they’re saying without legalized sale that a criminal can get gun anyway, I’d say prove it. Put a junior staff with clean record to buy an AR15 from the black market accompanied by a reporter in 2 days time at the same or cheaper price. Heck even 2 days is 1.5 days longer than how they could get it legally. And…

Something that hadn’t occurred to me until someone mentioned it on Twitter recently - one of the reasons these kids are so polished and good at this is that their generation has literally grown up on camera. They have always had camera phones and Vine and Snapchat and FaceTime and are so comfortable on camera because…

If any interest group dedicated to restricting gun control could donate more than the NRA, Rubio and the others would be singing another tune.

Gen X-er here, and agreed. One thing we all have in common, the Boomers fucked us mightily.

“I’m not selling out, THEY’RE BUYING IN.”

He’s a loyal agent, showing his loyalty. Not a spokesperson.

As if that is going to shut them up.