https://globalnews.ca/news/4035559/flor ... cnn-panel/Former U.S. congressman Jack Kingston faced heat from a CNN host Tuesday, over a tweet that undermined students protesting for stronger gun control in the country.
The former Republican politician, who is now a commentator for the news network, tweeted Sunday night that “left-wing gun control activists” are using the students’ emotions to their advantage.
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“Do we really think 17-year-olds on their own are going to plan a nationwide rally?”
Kingston added that “organized groups,” such as George Soros, are the ones pushing students to speak out.
Camerota then interrupted the commentator, saying she had to correct him.
“I was down there. I talked to these kids before they knew the body count of their friends. No one had talked to them yet, they hadn’t been indoctrinated by some left-wing group. They were motivated from what they saw and what they endured during that ordeal.”
To that, Kingston retorted that teenagers just don’t have the ability to organize protests.
Hey, remember when you were 17 and too stupid to organize protests? Too bad you didn't have George Soros to help, or, you know, Facebook, or whatever stupid kids do these days.
I wonder where Kingston gets this stuff?
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/02 ... nes-video/In less than a week since they survived a mass murdering gunman attack on their school, two students who quickly became media stars of the Parkland, Florida school shootings are now media obsessed to the point they say they are snubbing an invitation to meet with President Donald Trump this Wednesday in favor of appearing on a televised town hall with CNN’s Jake Tapper.
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One student, in particular, David Hogg has been astonishingly articulate and highly skilled at propagating a new anti-Conservative/anti-Trump narrative behind the recent school shooting. Few have seen this type of rapid media play before, and when they have it has come from well-trained political operatives and MSM commentators.
I dunno, Gateway Pundit, I tend to think events like a mass shooting in one's school can be fairly galvanizing. I don't think it's shocking that some of the kids are fairly media-savvy. They have likely consumed more media by age ten than many people, a few decades back, did in their entire lives. Also, sometimes kids are just, you know, smart, and stuff, all by themselves. My theory is that's where smart adults come from, but at this point it's more a correlation than a causation thing... further research is needed.
Here is another kid, one who
supposedly wrote something:
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/2 ... s-protestsThat's over one thousand words, and they are strung together in a rather coherent manner. Suspiciously articulate for someone who is part of a cohort which will be able to vote, go to war, or buy a gun (but not booze!) within a year or two.
I'm sure there are folks who could be described as 'left' supporting these students. George (the Clooney one, not the Soros one) and Amal donated $500K to these students.
https://globalnews.ca/news/4035903/geor ... e-marches/The Clooneys say they’re donating the money in the names of their eight-month-old twins Ella and Alexander. The couple also says the family plans to “stand side by side” with students next month.
To put that money in perspective:
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik ... story.htmlThe NRA's annual lobbying expenditures come to millions of dollars a year: Gun rights advocacy groups, of which the NRA is the kingpin, spent more than $135 million on lobbying in 1998-2017, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Gun manufacturers spent an additional $21 million. Those figures swamped the spending of gun control advocacy groups, which mustered only about $19 million in that period.
I wish these kids the best of luck. I hope they are supported by adults, even the ones who are parents who work for the FBI. It takes a pretty forceful popular movement to overcome the kind of spending the NRA and the like bring to the table. Hmm... popular movement overcoming massive spending... reminds me of something... eh, whatever, it's probably not important.
A quantum state of signature may or may not be here... you just ruined it.