Vance says school shootings are ‘a fact of life.’ That’s cowardice, not leadership.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/09/06/jd-vance-school-shooting-georgia-fact-of-life/75097369007/
Vance says school shootings are ‘a fact of life.’ That’s cowardice, not leadership.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/09/06/jd-vance-school-shooting-georgia-fact-of-life/75097369007/
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We, as a country, cannot accept this as an answer. I don’t care what party you belong to (or none at all), we simply cannot accept that the people who are supposed to be there for we the people have simply surrendered.
We tried nothing, and we’re all out of ideas.
It shows a lack of empathy.
Would you want a leader who can’t or won’t empathize with your struggles?
I wouldn’t.
This is what people who never intend to help improve the country will tell you.
They are never going to “promote the general welfare”.
Vance has done nothing and he’s all out of ideas.
I was going to say it’s because his kids attend private school and have private security but honestly after seeing how he is towards his kids, I’m not entirely convinced he would even care that much.
I think they all accept and couldn’t say the real answer. A few dead people (including children) is a small cost to pay for our interpretation of the 2nd amendment.
Politicians won’t do anything about school shootings until one happens at a fancy private school and kills the heir-apparent of whatever industrial or political dynasty. This stuff hasn’t ever directly hurt the political class, and nothing will change until it does
This dude is one of the most tone deaf motherfuckers I’ve ever seen.
Says the man behind bulletproof glass
150 years ago, Vance would say “Yep slavery sucks but hey that’s the reality we live in”
Well if school shootings are just a fact of life then so is abortion or books in school libraries. Also gender reassignment is a fact of life and taxing the ultra wealthy. It’s funny that he of all people is saying this because he doesn’t think innocent children should die to abortion but if it happens in school that doesn’t have Stephan King is cool. JD Vance is making a move to become the almighty king of weird.
No. Kids go to school to learn, take math tests, participate in sports, learn their capabilities, learn to draw and enjoy music, make new friends and hang out with them, and grow up. These are the facts of life that are normal. Shootings in schools are not normal and rob dead kids of all the other actually normal activities.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/09/06/jd-vance-school-shooting-georgia-fact-of-life/75097369007/) reduced by 88%. (I’m a bot)
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> To throw your hands up and say school shootings are just the reality we live in? That's weak.
> Republicans routinely holler at liberals for talking about gun laws after a school shooting – "Too soon!" they shout – but I guess they're fine with their vice presidential candidate standing up the day after two school children were shot to death and saying, "Welp, whatcha gonna do?".
> Vance had proven himself a schmuck and a horrid retail politician before his comments about school shootings being "a fact of life." But now good lord.
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Wonder how he’d feel about it if it was his kid that got shot
The proper reply to this is “Only in America”.
“No way to prevent this” Says couch-loving man from the only nation where this regularly happens
Not a fact of life here in Canada.
He wants to force women to give birth to children they may not be able to properly care for with the idea in his own head that when they go to school one day and get shot, then that’s just life and nothing can be done. Why?
This weird couch fucker doesn’t need to be anywhere near a position of responsibility.
The optics of standing behind bullet proof glass while talking about school shootings isn’t great. I can’t do much to protect your kids but look at this beautiful glass I have around me.
“We don’t have to like the reality that we live in, but it is the reality we live in.”
And it is the reality because this country (well, at least the Republicans) always put guns over lives. The 2A is more important than our right to … not get killed.
Seeing something that sucks and proposing simple and effective ways to make it better. That’s literally Senator Vance’s *one fucking job*.
How on earth does this weird-ass monster think “Welp, we like guns, so guess those schools are just the cost of doing business!” qualifies him for a promotion?
Vance might benefit from realizing, like George Costanza once did, that every instinct he has is wrong, and he should do/say the opposite of what his gut tells him.
I hope this boy gets booed wherever he goes for the rest of his life.
“The price of freedom is the blood of our children” There JD, I said what you wanted to say. You fucking shit.