By Thom Palmer
June 21, 2016
THE LINE HAS BEEN CROSSED TOO MANY TIMES. Here is a list of Republican Senators who voted against common sense background checks for assault weapons purchases by suspected terrorists. By refusing to close internet and gun show loopholes, they have become co-conspirators, aiding and abetting terrorism in the United States of America. To them, the Right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness guaranteed us by the Declaration of Independence does not trump maximum profits from gun and ammunition sales. The human toll is justified in order to avoid common sense background checks that would keep both domestic and foreign terrorist from easily accessing weapons of war. We the People never agreed to have our Senate and House of Representatives to be ruled by the gun lobby. KICK THEM OUT.
Another 1/3 of the Senate will go up for reelection in 2018. Calendar November 6, 2018 and show up at mid-terms as well as this fall. ALL Republicans need to be held accountable for the thousands of individuals and families destroyed by gun violence in the United States. Now, they have, as a party, advocated terrorists obtaining assault weapons in order to kill more Americans through lone wolf attacks, avoiding background checks through internet and gun show sales. This is completely unacceptable, and the ALL need to go. The party is over.
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Some states have rigged their Senatorial elections by holding primaries very late in the season. Voter suppression is another issue, but it is just one more reason to kick these guys out. This gives the advantage to the incumbent Republicans, by not allowing enough time for their Democratic challenger to mount the strongest challenge possible. I've included the Democratic challengers in this list. If you're in one of these states, don't forget to vote in your primary and spread the word starting now, not then.
| REPUBLICANS for TERROR | ||||
| VOTED FOR TERRORISTS PURCHASING ASSAULT WEAPONS WITHOUT BACKROUND CHECKS or INVESTIGATION on 6/20/16 | REPUBLICANS INCUMBENTS UP FOR RE-ELECTION NOV 2016 | DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER | ||
| Alexander (R-TN) | Fischer (R-NE) | Paul (R-KY) | Roy Blunt (Missouri) | Jason Kander * |
| Blunt (R-MO) | Flake (R-AZ) | Perdue (R-GA) | John Boozman (Arkansas) | Conner Eldridge-D |
| Barrasso (R-WY) | Gardner (R-CO) | Portman (R-OH) | Richard Burr (North Carolina) | Deborah Ross-D |
| Boozman (R-AR) | Graham (R-SC) | Risch (R-ID) | Dan Coats (Indiana) retiring | Baron Hill -D * |
| Burr (R-NC) | Grassley (R-IA) | Roberts (R-KS) | Mike Crapo (Idaho) | Jerry Sturgill-D |
| Capito (R-WV) | Hatch (R-UT) | Rounds (R-SD) | Chuck Grassley (Iowa) | Patty Judge -D |
| Cassidy (R-LA) | Heitkamp (D-ND) | Rubio (R-FL) | John Hoeven (North Dakota) | Eliot Glassheim -D |
| Coats (R-IN) | Heller (R-NV) | Sasse (R-NE) | John Isakson (Georgia) | Jim Barksdale -D |
| Cochran (R-MS) | Hoeven (R-ND) | Scott (R-SC) | Ron Johnson (Wisconsin) | Russ Feingold -D * |
| Collins (R-ME) | Inhofe (R-OK) | Sessions (R-AL) | Mark Kirk (Illinois) | Tammy Duckworth -D |
| Corker (R-TN) | Isakson (R-GA) | Shelby (R-AL) | James Lankford (Oklahoma) | ?? NO DEMOCRAT * |
| Cornyn (R-TX) | Johnson (R-WI) | Sullivan (R-AK) | Mike Lee (Utah) | Jonathan Swinton -D* |
| Cotton (R-AR) | Lankford (R-OK) | Thune (R-SD) | John McCain (Arizona) | Ann Kirkpatrick -D* |
| Crapo (R-ID) | Lee (R-UT) | Tillis (R-NC) | Jerry Moran (Kansas) | Weisner / Singh-Bey * |
| Cruz (R-TX) | McCain (R-AZ) | Toomey (R-PA) | Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) | Margaret Stock -I |
| Daines (R-MT) | McConnell (R-KY) | Vitter (R-LA) | Rand Paul (Kentucky) | Jim Gray -D |
| Enzi (R-WY) | Moran (R-KS) | Wicker (R-MS) | Rob Portman (Ohio) | Ted Strickland -D |
| Ernst (R-IA) | Murkowski (R-AK) | Marco Rubio (Florida) retiring | Murphy / Grayson * | |
| Tim Scott (South Carolina) | Thomas Dixon -D | |||
| Richard Shelby (Alabama) | Ron Crumpman -D | |||
| John Thune (South Dakota) | Jay Williams -D | |||
| Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania) | Kathleen McGinty -D | |||
| David Vitter (Louisiana) | Fayard/Campbell/Roy/Johnson * | |||
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A MESSAGE FROM GABBY GIFFORDS
"Fear is what my constituents felt as a man fired his gun at my congressional event in a Safeway parking lot, shooting me point-blank in the head and killing six others, including a 9-year-old-girl.
Fear is what the children at Sandy Hook Elementary felt as a gunman went shooting from room to room, killing 26 first graders and educators.
Fear is what the clubgoers at Pulse nightclub in Orlando felt as a murderer committed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, killing 49 people just last week.
Earlier this evening, the U.S. Senate voted down two pieces of commonsense gun violence prevention legislation. The senators who voted no will say a lot of things about the votes they cast, and perhaps they might even say they were afraid. But make no mistake, their fear was nothing compared to what far too many victims of gun violence have faced. Theirs was a decision based on political calculations.
I know that if we elect Hillary Clinton our next president, she will not fear the gun lobby. She will do everything in her power to make our communities safer from gun violence. No...Matter...What. Speaking is still physically difficult for me, but my feelings are clear: I am furious."
Fear is what the children at Sandy Hook Elementary felt as a gunman went shooting from room to room, killing 26 first graders and educators.
Fear is what the clubgoers at Pulse nightclub in Orlando felt as a murderer committed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, killing 49 people just last week.
Earlier this evening, the U.S. Senate voted down two pieces of commonsense gun violence prevention legislation. The senators who voted no will say a lot of things about the votes they cast, and perhaps they might even say they were afraid. But make no mistake, their fear was nothing compared to what far too many victims of gun violence have faced. Theirs was a decision based on political calculations.
I know that if we elect Hillary Clinton our next president, she will not fear the gun lobby. She will do everything in her power to make our communities safer from gun violence. No...Matter...What. Speaking is still physically difficult for me, but my feelings are clear: I am furious."
-Gabby Giffords (June 21, 2016)
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