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Anti-Gun Reform Senators up for reelection in 2024
John Barrasso (R-WY) v TBD
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) v TBD
Mike Braun (R-IN) v TBD
Kevin Cramer (R-ND) v Kristin Hedger (D) @kristinhedger 52 followers
Ted Cruz (R-TX) v Colin Allred (D) @ColinAllredTX 84k followers
Deb Fischer (R-NE) v Alisha Shelton (D) @AlishaKShelton 9k followers
Josh Hawley (R-MO) v Lucas Kunce (D) @LucasKunceMO 122k followers
White Americans cling to guns as a symbol of strength & independence. They see its loss as a final, fatal blow.
2/ Yes, the gun lobby & weapons manufacturers fuel the violence with easily available assault-style weapons, whose small caliber 5.56 mm cartridges make them largely useless for hunting. Yes, the lax gun laws & risible background checks are partially to blame. But America also
3/ fetishizes guns. This fetish has intensified among white working-class men, who have seen everything slip beyond their grasp: economic stability, a sense of place within the society, hope for the future & political empowerment. The fear of losing the gun is the final crushing
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I owe all you Trumpers an apology. I’ve been critical of him from day one and I’m still exhausted from the experience.
But to be fair, he wasn’t that bad.
Other than when he...
▪️incited an insurrection against the govt
▪️mismanaged a pandemic that's killed nearly a
2/
million Americans
▪️separated hundreds of children from their families
▪️lost those children in the bureaucracy
▪️tear-gassed peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square so he could hold a photo op holding a Bible in front of a church
▪️tried to ban Muslims from entering the
3/ country
▪️got impeached
▪️got impeached again
▪️ had the worst jobs record of any president in modern history
▪️tried to extort President Zelenskyy/Ukraine to dig up dirt on Joe Biden
▪️fired FBI director for investigating his ties to Russia
▪️bragged abt firing FBI director
𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗔 – 𝟭𝟲 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱
Lt. Mike Madden, who's job is largely administrative:
"The realization came to me – I think I'm the first guy here. The first officer on scene has
2/ some decisions they have to make & I had it set in my mind that I wanted three more officers to go in with me...None of us were SWAT guys. If you were trying to formulate a team to make entry...the four of us would not be on your roster.
But that was the team that we had.
3/ That was the team that we were rolling with.
After Columbine...it became the responsibility of those first officers on scene – whether patrolman or detective or sergeant or some stupid lieutenant who happens to be in the area – it's our responsibility to get there, form up a