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Newly-elected Speaker Mike Johnson comments on Lewiston shootings

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., addressed the shootings in Lewiston, Maine, that killed at least 18 people, calling it a “horrific tragedy.”

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- The NRA is becoming less of a major force, though. They are in legal trouble, their membership is way down, and they may not be around much longer....
  https://www.everytown.org/press/new-report-nra-membership-hits-10-year-low-hemorrhaging-over-1-million-members-since-2019/
  I wonder if it's a coincidence that they really started to lose tons of money after 2022, when money transfers from certain parts of the world got a lot harder....
  
  The real downfall of the NRA was them pandering to internal politics rather than advocating for gun rights. They were never anywhere close to the top of the list for highest spending lobbyists, their actual power came from an active member base of avid voters. As they gave more and more concessions and actively supported “compromises” that did nothing but give away more and more gun rights their members shifted to other, more effective groups.
  
  Have they tried taking out a loan with Thoughts and Prayers?
  
  I won't be happy until they're actually dead, though.
Why can't someone ask, "as Speaker, what is your plan to address the epidemic of mass shootings and gun violence?" I'm so tired of their spin making the news while their lack of answers goes unremarked.
- Simulated answer from him since the media can't be bothered to ask: "Something something mental health, even though that's not really the issue in most shootings, and also we aren't gonna fund any mental health care either."
  Media does really stink at actually asking hard questions or holding politicians to account.
  
  But I mean that's my point. This is the fourth most powerful man in the country. It's his job to do something concrete (anyone can do thots and pears that's not a speaker level of action) to address this or go on the record saying, "we aren't going to do shit about this because mass shootings are lower priority than putting a gun in the hand of every possible [white] man, woman and child. If your anyone you know has been affected or is afraid of being affected by a mass shooting, that is just the price of freedom so deal with it."
  Back these fuckers into a corner and force then to either fix it or say exactly that.
"Hopes and prayers."
He will be down on his knees praying as he makes it easier for people to get weapons.
- He'll be praying to the God of Ordinance to bestow adequate firepower to the mob ahead of the pre-scheduled Jan 8 2024 Capitol Riot.
  
  Ordnance is explodey stuff. Ordinance is an order or rule.
- I'm gonna go with "too soon, my dude."

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