Dear MoveOn member,
Eleven-year-old Uvalde survivor Miah Cerrillo testified before Congress
yesterday that she smeared her dead friend's blood all over her body and
played dead in order to survive.^1
But when Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn, whom Mitch McConnell tasked
as the lead Republican negotiator on any Senate response to the Uvalde and
Buffalo massacres, was asked if the Senate would finally pass gun safety
legislation, he responded: "not gonna happen."^2
Sen. Cornyn, of course, is supposed to represent the Uvalde families.
The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday issued a terror threat
bulletin warning that white supremacists and other violent right-wing
conspiracy theorists have been encouraging young men to copycat the Uvalde
massacre.^3
John, our communities will not be safe until we pass
commonsense gun laws. But the GOP is utterly unwilling. They have made
that clear. They are unmoved by 19 students and two teachers being
slaughtered in their classrooms or an 11-year-old girl having to smear her
friend's blood all over her to survive a day at school.
The only way forward is to defeat the GOP at the ballot box and elect
leaders who will protect our communities, get weapons of war off our
streets, and pass commonsense gun laws.
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Kimberly and Felix Rubio, who lost their daughter, Lexi, in the Uvalde
massacre, testified before Congress yesterday that Lexi dreamed about
getting a degree in math and attending law school. Ms. Rubio told
Congress, "That opportunity was taken from her; she was taken from us."^4
She continued, "[T]o some people, to people with money, the people who
fund political campaigns ... guns are more important than children."^5
She is exactly right. And that's what we need to change by defeating
Republicans at the ballot box this November and electing strong Democratic
majorities who will put children and communities first—always.
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Actor Matthew McConaughey, an Uvalde native, joined the White House
briefing on Tuesday. He showed the green high-top Converse sneakers worn
every day by 10-year-old Maite Rodriguez, who had drawn a heart on the
right toe of her shoe. Those green Converse were the only clear evidence
that could identify her after the shooting, because the high-powered AR-15
disfigured many of the children's bodies beyond recognition.^6
McConaughey said that we need to make "the loss of these lives matter" and
called for expanded background checks on gun buyers, new "red flag" laws,
and additional restrictions on the purchase of AR-15s.^7
But the GOP says it's "not gonna happen."^8
Please chip in $5 a month to help defeat the GOP this
November and elect leaders who will pass commonsense gun laws.
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Thanks for all you do.
–Justin, Seth, Kelly, Allison, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Miah Cerrillo, 11, who hid from the Uvalde gunman, says students must
'have security.'" The New York Times, June 8, 2022
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2. "Sen. Chris Murphy 'more confident than ever' Congress can reach deal
on gun laws but anxious about failure," CNN, June 5, 2022
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3. "DHS terror threat bulletin warns online forums are encouraging copycat
Uvalde attacks," CBS News, June 7, 2022
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4. "Uvalde Voices Plead With Congress for Action on Gun Control," The New
York Times, June 8, 2022
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5. Ibid.
6. "Matthew McConaughey Meets Biden and Pleads for an End to Gun
Violence," The New York Times, June 7, 2022
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7. Ibid.
8. "Sen. Chris Murphy 'more confident than ever' Congress can reach deal
on gun laws but anxious about failure," CNN, June 5, 2022
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