Dear MoveOn member,
Funerals begin today for the 19 children and two teachers massacred in
their classroom in Uvalde, Texas. Two children, Amerie Jo Garza, 10, and
Maite Rodríguez, 10, will be buried today in miniature coffins.^1
John, we cannot look away.
Stopping school shootings and ending the epidemic of gun violence in
America will not be easy. The NRA and the gun lobby have tremendous power
in our country.
But let's be clear: Nothing will change unless we join together to build
and sustain a movement to get weapons of war off of our streets and save
lives.
Democratic Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey put it this way on Meet the
Press on Sunday: "There has got to be more activism and engagement.... We
are so out of step with the rest of the world. [The gun violence] we're
talking about today does not happen in other countries, just here, because
we tolerate it. And that’s the question, is how much endurance do we have
for horror and wretchedness, pain, and death, when we have the ability to
change it, and we just need more people engaged?"^2
He concluded, "We need people who are going to choose to do the hard work
of organizing and galvanizing like the Civil Rights Movement, the Suffrage
Movement, LGBTQ Movement, to save our children's lives. We have to have
people get off the sidelines and get into the arena."
John, getting off the sidelines starts with holding the
Republicans who are blocking commonsense gun laws accountable by defeating
them at the polls this November. We cannot reelect the same GOP
politicians year after year who prostrate themselves to the NRA and gun
lobby and allow children to be massacred in their classrooms.
MoveOn is running the largest midterm election campaign in its history to
do just that, but we need your help to get it done. Will you chip
in $5 a month to power and sustain our campaign from now
until Election Day?
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In the aftermath of Uvalde, the GOP has scrambled to point blame in every
direction possible other than the laws they have fiercely supported that
allow people to purchase guns more easily than allergy medication.
Greg Abbott blamed mental health, while at the same time cutting mental
health services in Texas.^3
Donald Trump wanted to drastically increase police presence across the
country, even though the police were on site in Uvalde within seconds but
waited more than an hour to enter the classrooms and stop the killing.^4,5
And Ted Cruz suggested removing doors from school buildings and then fled
from a reporter who asked him why mass shootings only happen in the United
States.^6,7
They will say and do anything to protect guns and the gun lobby that lines
their pockets, and unless we prevent them from gaining control of Congress
this fall and replace dangerous governors like Abbott, we will never be
able to pass commonsense gun legislation and finally stop these tragedies
from happening every week.
Throughout the summer and fall MoveOn will be running an unprecedented
volunteer and voter outreach program across the country to find and
energize the voters we need to win in November—particularly young voters
and voters of color—but we won't be able to run it at scale without your
support, John. Will you chip in $5 a month to
defeat gun-crazed GOP politicians and elect Democrats who will finally
pass gun safety legislation?
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Over the last few years, America has allowed mass shootings to become our
reality—but that does not have to be our future.
Sandy Hook was not normal.
Charleston was not normal.
Parkland was not normal.
Buffalo was not normal.
Uvalde was not normal.
Over the coming months, we can all take our collective grief, anger, and
frustration and point it where it belongs: toward the politicians bought
and sold by the NRA, who have proven over and over again that they care
more about guns than about the people they serve.
Will you join us in this fight by chipping in $5 a month?
[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.
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Together, we will win.
Thanks for all you do.
–Justin, Liia, Cheryl, Allison, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1."Children's funerals begin in Uvalde; police chief won't be sworn into
city council as planned: Latest updates," USA Today, May 31, 2022
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2. "Meet the Press - May 29, 2022," NBC News, May 29, 2022
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3. "Abbott calls Texas school shooting a mental health issue but cut state
spending for it," NBC News, May 25, 2022
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4. "'It's straight out of a playbook': At NRA convention, conspiracy
theories abound," Politico, May 27, 2022
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5. "Probe could shed light on police time lapse in Uvalde deaths,"
Politico, May 30, 2022
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6. "Following the latest school shooting, Ted Cruz focuses on doors,"
Maddowblog, May 26, 2022
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7. "British reporter presses Ted Cruz on why mass shootings only happen
here," CNN, May 26, 2022
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