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edbermac

(15,938 posts)
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 07:05 AM Feb 2018

GOP Congresswoman claim many mass shooters end up being Democrats.

WASHINGTON ― Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) claimed Wednesday that people who commit mass shootings are often Democrats.

The first-term Republican congresswoman made the comment at a discussion about last week’s Florida school shooting after criticizing the government for failing to act on several tips that might have prevented the deaths of 17 students and adults.

“It’s interesting that so many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats. But the media doesn’t talk about that either,” Tenney told WGDJ Talk1300 radio.

Although law enforcement officials said there were “no known ties” between Nikolas Cruz and a particular white supremacist group, the 19-year-old suspect in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre had repeatedly expressed racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic views in private group chats, CNN reported.

A spokeswoman for Tenney did not immediately return a request for comment on or evidence to back up the congresswoman’s claim about the political affiliations of mass shooters.

The fact-checking site Snopes found that an online list purporting to show that assassins are more likely to be Democrats was, in fact, wildly flawed: Among other errors, it simply ignored any mass shooting known to be committed by someone with Republican or conservative views, and it identified shooters who were not Democrats as Democrats.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mass-shooters-democrats-claudia-tenney_us_5a8ddf95e4b0617d46396e55

November cannot come soon enough to vote these fucking idiots out of office.

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GOP Congresswoman claim many mass shooters end up being Democrats. (Original Post) edbermac Feb 2018 OP
My Crongress monster-Bat Shit Crazy n/t yankeepants Feb 2018 #1
Hopefully her resume soon reads GWC58 Feb 2018 #10
It doesn't even matter if that's was true. People are dead that's what matters. mucifer Feb 2018 #2
If they weren't Democrats, thanks to assholes like this evil witch, I bet they will be now. OnDoutside Feb 2018 #3
yes, Democratic mass shooters ProfessorPlum Feb 2018 #4
So assume this was true - does it really fucking matter?????????????? Vinca Feb 2018 #5
Here's the website for her Democratic opponent. DinahMoeHum Feb 2018 #6
I tweeted her. chwaliszewski Feb 2018 #7
The media doesn't report it, because it isn't bloody true! Liberal In Texas Feb 2018 #8
They're all gunfuckers, Ms Tenney. Iggo Feb 2018 #9
Many of them just end up dead 2naSalit Feb 2018 #11

ProfessorPlum

(11,256 posts)
4. yes, Democratic mass shooters
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 08:12 AM
Feb 2018

the hidden scourge that the media never talks about. I wonder why?

fucking idiot

Vinca

(50,261 posts)
5. So assume this was true - does it really fucking matter??????????????
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 08:41 AM
Feb 2018

Dead is dead. It doesn't change the basic situation that any Tom, Dick and Nutjob can own a weapon of mass destruction in this country.

DinahMoeHum

(21,783 posts)
6. Here's the website for her Democratic opponent.
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 08:56 AM
Feb 2018

Cooks Political Report has labeled this NY CD-22 as "toss-up"

Anthony Brindisi

https://brindisiforcongress.com/

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