The Democratic Party is doubling down on identity politics.
They want to push divisive views on cultural issues, even though the vast majority of Americans want to know that they will succeed economically in a country where people came looking to live the American Dream. For decades, centuries even, men and women of all backgrounds came to the United States, starting out poor and ending up rich.
They didn't feel sorry for themselves, and they didn't expect the government to come through for them and provide them everything,
What happened? They learned to take advantage of free markets and enterprise, and use their liberty to succeed!
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Since Democrats can't demagogue the tax reform successes, they are going after guns and pushing more control following the Parkland massacre. They resorted to bringing in Gabby Giffords, too, the House Rep who survived the horrific shooting that put her pout of commission for six months.
Her response is decidely different to Rep. Steve Scalise, who has repeatedly denounced gun control enthusiasts seeking to politicize what happened in Florida. It;s not about the guns, it's about the creepy, crazy people behind the guns, and furthermore it's about the corrupt, anti-liberty gun laws which are shackling law-abiding citizens and preventing them from protecting themselves.
This nonsense must be addressed with clear conviction, and most lawmakers around the country are relaxing strict gun laws.
But the Democrats will never learn, will they?
Gabby Giffords makes the case–that no one will listen to anymore–that we need to take the guns away!
Here's the Democrats' latest failed eblast fundraising effort:
I am going to work tirelessly in 2018 to ensure we elect a Congress that is willing to stand up to the gun lobby. Today I am counting on you to join me.
If our current Congress won't act, American voters must. Thank you for standing with me in this fight.
Gabby Giffords
—– Forwarded message —–
From: Gabby Giffords
Date: Sun, Feb 18, 2018
Subject: Sign my pledge
Arthur —
I know politicians fear the gun lobby.
But I also know that fear cannot compare to what those innocent children in Florida felt as the gunshots rang out, bullets flew through the halls of their school, and their teachers and classmates were gunned down.
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That fear is nothing compared to what parents must have felt waiting in the parking lot of the high school waiting for news about their children.
Our nation's schools should be the safest spaces in our communities. They should not be the place of horror. And while I wish that the scenes from earlier this week were unthinkable or unimaginable, they are not.
We have seen them before, and we will see them again… unless our elected leaders show the courage to act — the courage to finally take on the gun lobby.
But that will only happen when politicians realize they have more to fear from all of us together than they do from the gun lobby. And that starts with making our voices heard:
For a long time I bought into the fiction that after a horrific shooting, there is a required period of silence — where we aren't supposed to act. I know people felt that way after I was shot, as well.
But the truth is, the only one who benefits from that waiting period is the gun lobby — which is why their defenders offer little more than "thoughts and prayers" for the families and condemnations for anyone who demands that our communities deserve more.
In 2018, I am going to work tirelessly to ensure we elect a Congress that is willing to stand up to the gun lobby. And I know the Democratic National Committee will do the same.
Add your name. Pledge to Vote Courage in 2018:
https://my.democrats.org/Take-the-Pledge
Every day we fail to take action, we choose this fate. We tolerate politicians who fail to acknowledge this crisis and vote against our safety. We let our gun violence epidemic continue day after deadly day.
This cycle has to end. And it will end… with us.
All my best,
Gabby Giffords