The Twitter feed of Igor Volsky, the deputy director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, offers striking examples of this tactic. Volsky has been highlighting the prayers and well-wishes of elected officeholders who failed to vote to keep people on the terror watch-list from buying guns while also appearing to be courted by gun lobbyists. According to NBC News’ Pete Williams, the suspected Orlando shooter, Omar Mateen, was on “some kind of watch list” in recent years.
More empty tweets from politicians who actually stand in the way of any kind of gun regulations. This guy, Igor Volsky, points out some of them:
.@VernBuchanan got $16,450 from @NRA so he won't do anything to make it HARDER for terrorists to get guns in US https://t.co/Ynfa7s73aQ
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@RepDavidYoung took $4,950 from @NRA so all you get are these tweets not any ACTION to ban assault weapons https://t.co/WS5ac0Zd3p
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
Franks took:
$1,000 from @NRA in 2014
$2,500 in 2012
$2,000 in 2010
$2,000 in 2008
$2,000 in 2006
$4,950 in 2004 https://t.co/ihnxbcI7u0— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@RepMikePompeo got $9,450 from @NRA to tweet his #ThoughtsAndPrayers during moments like this and do nothing at all https://t.co/f5IyNAUoAq
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@jiminhofe received $3,795 in expenditures from @NRA so he voted against making barring terrorists from buying guns https://t.co/AVdskmc5OT
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
Got $4,000 from @NRA during the 2014 election cycle to address this gun massacre by "praying" https://t.co/bTUSfAGOYM
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@RoyBlunt got $755,816 from @NRA so all you get are his "condolences." Unfortunately that wont stop mass shootings https://t.co/L4ChFJFucM
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
Disgusting to see this at this time from a guy who opposes ALL gun safety & wants to make it EASIER to get guns https://t.co/BlqB7LS8it
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@RepJoeWilson got $8,500 from @NRA & all he's been doing is tweeting #ThoughtsAndPrayers after every mass shooting https://t.co/zhyf8viBMd
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@replouiegohmert got $11,450 from @NRA so all you get is lousy tweet. No action to limit access to assault weapons https://t.co/5IehAKG5Xy
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
.@SteveScalise took $13,950 from @NRA so all he'll do is pray w/ Jennifer that mass shootings will magically stop https://t.co/ZBIZlNooD6
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016
Source: Another mass shooting, another round of politicians tweeting ‘thoughts and prayers’ | The Daily Dot
