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Posted On: 09/02/2019 11:38:50 AM
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Hollywood celebrities reacted to the shootings in Odessa, Texas, with calls for gun control and a denunciation of Congressional Republicans long before details on the firearm or means of firearm acquisition were known.

For example, Saturday night Bette Midler fired off an all-caps screed: “5 dead in Texas, 31 injured…#GOP HEARTS #NRA FOR YEARS GUN DOLLARS PAVED THEIR WAY. LOBBYISTS ALWAYS BUY THEM SOMETHING THOUSANDS DEAD TO THEM MEAN NOTHING COMMON SENSE IS ALL WE ASK FOR TIME TO TAKE THESE SHITS TO TASK FOR:#MURDER.”

5 dead in Texas, 31 injured…#GOP HEARTS #NRA
FOR YEARS GUN DOLLARS PAVED THEIR WAY.
LOBBYISTS ALWAYS BUY THEM SOMETHING
THOUSANDS DEAD TO THEM MEAN NOTHING
COMMON SENSE IS ALL WE ASK FOR
TIME TO TAKE THESE SHITS TO TASK FOR:#MURDER

— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) September 1, 2019

At the time of her tweet there were zero details on type of gun, caliber of gun, acquisition of gun, motive, etc.

Breitbart news reported:

report that eight people were killed and nearly 20 were injured in a shooting that began after a traffic stop on Saturday afternoon. Three officers are said to be among the wounded. Police shot and killed the suspect. The eighth person died Sunday morning in Midland, Texas.

On Sunday morning Midler followed up with another tweet, directed toward the NRA:

GUN OWNERS ❤️ THE NRA
IT’S SHOCKING HOW MUCH THEY WILL PAY
TO BUY WAYNE LAPIERRE HIS SUITS
AND MAKE-UP FOR HIS WIFE, TO BOOT
SUITS AND ROUGE AIN’T MAGIC WANDS:
THESE TWO ARE A PAIR OF CONS!

— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) September 1, 2019

Midler’s second tweet also came at time when details about the gun and acquisition of it were still unreported.

Other left-wing Hollywood figures used their social media platforms to push for gun control just as Midler had done.

Rob Reiner went after the NRA, tweeting “Guns don’t kill people. Politicians in bed with the NRA kill people.”

Guns don’t kill people. Politicians in bed with the NRA kill people.

— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) September 1, 2019

Country singer Kacey Musgraves wrote “I love you, TX. I can’t believe we all are being forced to live in a constant state of fear. 2nd mass shooting in my home state in a month? Makes me sick to my stomach. When will we live in a world where human lives mean more than money?”

I love you, TX.


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