Read the flaccid comments from Republican lawmakers after 19 children are slaughtered at school

UVALDE, TEXAS - MAY 24: People mourn outside of the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. According to reports, 19 students and 2 adults were killed, with the gunman fatally shot by law enforcement. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Families mourn after mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, 2022.

Another day in the U.S., another bunch of people murdered with weapons designed for warfare. And, if you're a Republican, 19 dead kids is just another day at the office, where you sit back and do just what you did yesterday and the day before that: absolutely fucking nothing.

Several Republicans offered their "thoughts and prayers," or the hot new equivalent: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who received $176, 274 from the National Rifle Association (NRA) in 2019, said he and his wife were "fervently lifting up in prayer the children and families." Mitch McConnell claimed to be "horrified and heartbroken" while he received $1,267,139 in donations from the NRA in 2019. Sen. Krysten Sinema was also "horrified and heartbroken," as was Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who asked that we all join her in "lifting [the families] loved ones up in prayer," just for good measure.

Rep. Tony Gonzales offered his prayers on Twitter as well, and even quoted a bit of scripture. Gonzales is the man of the hour. He represents Texas’ 23rd Congressional District, in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were slaughtered in cold blood Tuesday at Robb Elementary School. After his deeply felt offering of prayers for his dead constituents and their families, Gonzales conveniently forgot that just last year he bragged on Twitter about voting no on gun control. Welp, Twitter remembered.

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