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Paul Ryan Calls The Gun Control Sit-In “A Publicity Stunt”; Twitter Erupts
It all began with a plea: “Retweet if you agree.”
Upon hitting “Send,” House Speaker Paul Ryan sent a Tweet out into the world that generated a backlash in record time, for reasons that should be clear:
Retweet if you agree ? The sit-in by House Democrats is nothing more than a publicity stunt. #StopTheStuntt.co/YGgl2yLHyB
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) June 22, 2016
In the included CNN interview, Paul Ryan says that “we will not bring a bill that takes away a person’s constitutionally guaranteed rights without … due process.”
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Needless to say, reactions on Twitter have not been favorable.
How dare you call this a political stunt. If these were your children killed, would you feel the same? @SpeakerRyan pic.twitter.com/1dKKH4FAEh
— Voice of Reason (@Montgomery_bjm) June 23, 2016
@realfacade1 @bett1230 @Montgomery_bjm @SpeakerRyan Real lives, no stunt. Turn the cameras on, #NoBillNoBreak #gunsense #holdthefloor
— cmad (@cmadmax) June 23, 2016
Paul #Ryan on #Orlando shooter: “We’re not going to take away a person’s constitutionally guaranteed rights without due process.” #guns
— Dale Dermott (@DaleDermott) June 23, 2016
@SpeakerRyan you’re disgusting
— Andrew Strauss (@straussanator) June 22, 2016
@drew @SpeakerRyan isn’t nuts. He’s corrupt. Meaning he knows exactly what he’s doing & why. For the money! He doesn’t care about the people
— CelesteHolmes (@Dallas4Bernie) June 23, 2016
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Meanwhile, a stinging DailyKaos piece attempts to school Ryan on what, exactly, a publicity stunt is and isn’t — starting with the above workout photos of Ryan “looking all dudebro”:
“You know what isn’t a ‘publicity stunt’? Fighting for common sense gun control. One hundred thousand. That is the number of people who have been killed by guns in this country since the large scale massacre of children at Sandy Hook.”
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