Posted on 01/08/2016 1:12:01 PM PST by jazusamo
President Obama told supporters Friday that he'll leave one seat empty in the first lady's State of the Union guest box next week to represent victims of gun violence.
In a conference call with about 20,000 activists, the president said the gesture during his annual address to Congress Tuesday night will "remind every single one of our representatives that it's their responsibility to do something."
"We're going to leave one seat empty in the first lady's State of the Union guest box for victims of gun violence who no longer have a voice," Mr. Obama said. "We want them to be seen and understood, that their absence means something to this country."
The president took executive actions Tuesday to restrict gun ownership, including expanded background checks on gun purchases. He urged grassroots supporters on the call arranged by Organizing For Action, a spin-off of his re-election campaign, to feel "a sense of urgency" for his gun-control agenda.
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Are the victims of being denied by government a firearm for protection be represented?
An empty seat to match the empty suit at the empty podium.
The person who gets to do the rebuttal should have multiple empty seats:
One for the Libyan embassy employees Hillary Clinton left for dead.
One for all the black Americans in Chicago killed by gun violence from other blacks,
One for all those killed by illegal aliens, the type that Democrats believe should get amnesty.
One for the Iraqis and Afghanis killed because Obama pulled out American troops.
One for the undermanned American troops Obama left in.
One for all the jobs that left the country after Obama moved into the White House...
If Republicans had a spine they’d seat Clint Eastwood right next to it. But seriously, doesn’t Congress make the rules about who gets what seat? I mean, it is their chamber.
Not good enough. To honour the victims of abortion, they'd have to empty the whole room.
So what do all the full seats represent then? People who were SAVED by guns?
And I believe The empty seat represents his leadership, not gun violence victims
He’s trying to turn around what Clint Eastwood did to humiliate him with the empty chair- Dear leader can’t even come up with an original thought it seems
No empty seat for the brave men and women killed in Afghanistan under his feckless leadership.
Let’s do an empty row of seats to honor all the victims of mass murdering leftists.
That’s nothing, nobody is watching his arse anyhow. Cantstandchou.
The worst part is the empty suit doing the speaking.
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