MSNBC Calls Out Trump On Gun Control After YouTube Shooting

The climate has changed so much after Parkland that MSNBC was able to launch into a conversation about how Trump and the Republicans are not doing anything about guns after the YouTube shooting.

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Republican strategist Steve Schmidt said, “I think that one of the features of American life is the certainty to know that at any moment on any day, anywhere in America, this can happen. And I don’t think I’m the only person out there who when you see that breaking news Kyron, shooter, to know another tragedy is unfolding. The sense of helplessness.”

Nicolle Wallace added, “And, you know, the White House, I think, made a greater effort than normal to respond not on a substantive level because they didn’t do anything, but optically, at least, by inviting survivors of Newtown and Parkland to the white house to listen, but the story that gets replayed over and over again is nothing ever changes.”

A voice that sounded like Jonathan Lemire said, “The location changes. The story’s the same. The White House didn’t do anything substantively. Yes, they did make an effort to have some of the victims into the white house. They met with the president. You know, we — the debate has fallen down on the same lines as it always does. The battle lines have been drawn. You know, it is still the idea of Democrats pushing largely for gun control measures while a lot of Republicans, largely, saying no, and nothing has really changed and what has happened since is there’s been such talk that parkland was going to change things. That there was energy behind the movement now. We saw these incredibly sympathetic young victims out there pushing forward their stories and what they saw and calling for change and, yes, there’s momentum, there’s an inspiring March in Washington and other places, but at least so far, that momentum has not turned into actual legislative results. And, you know, here we are while that is still going on, another shooting has happened. And as you just said, it’s probably a matter of days before the next shooting happens.”

Nicolle Wallace and her panel were right to call out Trump and the Republicans for doing nothing after another mass shooting.

People are frustrated that Americans continue to be shot and nothing changes, but something has changed a conversation that Republicans and the NRA used to try to shame America into not having after each mass shooting is taking place. The conversation hasn’t stopped after Parkland. It is an open dialogue that is happening on programs like MSNBC’s Deadline: White House.

The NRA and Republicans can’t silence people anymore.

The discussion is happening and MSNBC was 100% right to bring up the lack of Republican action after the latest mass shooting at YouTube headquarters.

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