Posted on 05/18/2018 11:22:34 AM PDT by Simon Green
Reactions from Capitol Hill are pouring in after reports that at least eight people were killed in a shooting at a Texas high school early Friday — with President Trump adding "early reports not looking good."
A suspected shooter was taken into custody after allegedly opening fire inside a first-period art class at Santa Fe High School, located about 30 miles southeast of Houston, KRIV-TV reports.
Trump addressed the school shooting shortly after news broke that there were multiple casualties.
"We grieve for the terrible loss of life and send our support and love to everyone affected by this absolutely horrific attack," Trump said. "To the students, families, teachers and personnel at Santa Fe High, we are with you in this tragic hour, and we will be with you forever."
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz expressed his prayers to the students, faculty and first responders.
Sen. John Cornyn, who represents Texas, said he’s been in contact with the Galveston County Sheriff’s Department and has been receiving updates.
Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine noted the number of school shootings that have occurred this year and this week alone.
“How many times must our hearts break hearing news like this -- this time in Texas at [Santa Fe High School]? This has to stop,” the Virginia senator said in a tweet.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., also said, “This has to stop.”
“We shouldn’t accept a reality where phrases like ‘another school shooting’ are just part of daily life,” he continued. “My heart is with the people of Santa Fe, because these kids and their families are going through hell.”
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said “Congress is complicit.”
“More tragic bloodshed & heartbreak caused by cruel gun violence,” he added.
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[[“We shouldn’t accept a reality where phrases like ‘another school shooting’ are just part of daily life,” he continued]]
Then do away with ‘gun free zones’- simple
So it seems. It almost seems you have to go through a Killing Field or a Holocaust for a country to regain its sanity. I fear for the future.
At what point will we summons the courage to admit that in order to achieve behavioral homogeneity and conformity, we’ve been turning children into reality-deprived zombies for decades with psychotropic drugs that are intended to suppress impulsiveness, uncooperativeness and disruptive behavior in the classroom setting -— the adverse effects of which include chemically-induced psychosis, and both suicidal and homicidal ideation?
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If what you are trying to say is that responsible parenting is almost extinct, then I agree.
Yes! Teaching your students that America is the font of all evil is no way to bring up youngsters. It fosters nihilism.
Has Nancy Pelosi called for stronger gun control?
Yes.
“#NeverAgain. Children should never have to fear for their lives in a school classroom. Millions of young people are raising their voices and bravely, eloquently insisting on action to end the gun violence epidemic. Congress must show as much courage as they have, and act now to ensure that no other community or family must endure the unthinkable horror of gun violence. Our children deserve real leadership: a vote to prevent gun violence now.”
Please no facts or truth need apply. No... NRA kills again!
Talk to the judges and school boards who threw prayer and bible reading out of the schools. We see who filled the void now. Bigoted, hate filled atheists and their judicial friends have blood on their hands and no one else to blame.
Why don’t they interview this guy on live television and ask him why he did it and what psychotropic drugs he is currently taking?
This is getting ridiculous... we need to separate these looney tunes from our children instead of trying to give them chance after chance to demonstrate they are normal.
At Democratic Underground, post after post is calling the NRA a terrorist organization, and that their members should be treated accordingly.
nice!!
There is an easy way for this to stop.
Get rid of public schools.
Not about to happen.
Now what?
Then people aren’t serious about “this has to stop”.
Just watch. They knew about him well in advance.
“This has to stop”
Plenty of murder, rape, and robbery occurring outside of the school. You just don’t see it on the news as much.
When’s that going to stop?
Liberals believe more laws are the answer.
Hello? No law is going to stop someone bent on murder.
You might as well order King Canute to hold back the tide for all the difference it would make.
No law on earth will eradicate the evil within man. Period.
Great another 12 weeks of Adolph Hogg and his astro turf movement being plastered all over the communist propaganda outlets such as cnn, abc, nbc, etc.
Guaranteed.
Not with an Antifa flag on his person. He also had a tranny pin or some sort too. This guy was hard lefty.
I don’t think its got the legs.
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