Some of Hollywood’s most politically active and vocal figures reacted to the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday by blaming Republicans and President Donald Trump and calling on Congress to pass more laws restricting the Second Amendment right of law-abiding gun owners.
“I’m sick of: ‘my thoughts and prayers’ they do nothing to stop the slaughter of innocent Americans at work and play. We need to have gun control now!! Not one more life should be lost to senseless preventable gun shootings!” actor John Leguizamo said.
“I blame trump! His hate speech is triggering all this violence against Latinx in America! Shameful and horrorful!” the John Wick actor later added.
I blame trump! His hate speech is triggering all this violence against Latinx in America! Shameful and horrorful! https://t.co/7E5H4rPxGH
— John Leguizamo (@JohnLeguizamo) August 3, 2019
“Another mass shooting. Another White Nationalist. There are not “fine people on both sides”. The President of the United States bears responsibility.” director Rob Reiner said.
Another mass shooting. Another White Nationalist. There are not “fine people on both sides”. The President of the United States bears responsibility.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) August 3, 2019
“This is a public health crisis. Hold your lawmakers responsible,” actress Julianne Moore said.
This is a public health crisis. Hold your lawmakers responsible. @MomsDemand @Everytown https://t.co/pVzKPHeYu1
— Julianne Moore (@_juliannemoore) August 3, 2019
NBC reports that at least 19 people have been killed and another 40 have been injured.
Breitbart News reports:
Medical officials in El Paso report 13 adults and two children who arrived at the University Medical Center and 11 adults at Del Sol Medical Center. KTSM reported.
UMC officials report one of their 13 patients died and one was released. The others remain in critical condition. Four people were immediately taken into surgery.
The two children, ages two and nine, were transported to El Paso Children’s Hospital, officials stated. Their condition has not been released.
Nevertheless, left-wing Hollywood stars took a horrific and deadly massacre and made it about politics. Below is the latest Hollywood hate.
THIRD MASS SHOOTING THIS WEEK. BETWEEN 15-20 SHOT IN TODAY’S SHOOTING AND MCCONNELL WON’T BRING #HR8 UP FOR A VOTE.
Tell me again how the @GOP is “pro-life” when they won’t vote for a bill-that already passed the house-which would make the country safer from gun violence. #NoRA
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) August 3, 2019
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS…JUST LOVE ONE ANOTHER.🖤
— Aaron Paul (@aaronpaul_8) August 3, 2019
My heart breaks for the city of El Paso. The madness never ends. It is all too much. There‘a nowhere safe from the terror of gun violence in the United States of America. We are a broken nation trapped in the darkness of our unwillingness to ask ourselves why this keeps happening
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) August 3, 2019
These are all FACTS. Swipe through. Read the article (link also in my bio). Enough is enough. ENOUGH. IS. ENOUGH. https://t.co/8NhsU2ROkl
— Sophia Bush (@SophiaBush) August 3, 2019
WE DESPERATELY NEED REASONABLE GUN LEGISLATION
— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) August 3, 2019
My goodness 💔🇺🇸 this is happening every weekend. Please Congress, please pass gun safety laws. @senatemajldr @GOP I’m looking at you. #ElPaso https://t.co/0kVZleR8XH
— Piper Perabo (@PiperPerabo) August 3, 2019
3000 died on 9/11. Over 10 times that many Americans die EVERY YEAR from gun violence. The NRA/GOP think the blood of 40,000 innocent souls is the price of freedom. Universal background checks are too high a price to pay. It is a perverse culture of death perpetrated for profit.
— Bradley Whitford (@WhitfordBradley) August 3, 2019
If the manifesto released on 8chan proves to be his, the anti immigrant, white supremacist terrorist responsible for the #ElPasoShooting took pains to assure the reader that it was NOT because of Trump.
Isn’t that sweet of him to protect the president that way?
— Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) August 3, 2019
Fuck the #NRA. Fuck their blood $$.
Fuck the NRA. Fuck their blood $$.
Fuck the NRA. Fuck their blood $$.
Fuck the NRA. Fuck their blood $$.
Fuck the NRA. Fuck their blood $$.
Fuck the NRA. Fuck their blood $$.
Fuck the NRA. Fuck their blood $$.— Anna Wood (@annawoodyall) August 3, 2019
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