Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is one of the most vocal anti-gun politicians out there — and we do mean, out there. After the son of the guy at Hillary Clinton’s Kissimmee rally shot up a gay nightclub in Orlando, Murphy led a nearly 15-hour filibuster on gun control.
After that display, Murphy offered his new strategy for countering those Second Amendment people: blame the GOP for selling guns to ISIS. By not agreeing to the Democrats’ gun control demands, see, Republicans and the NRA essentially sold Omar Mateen the gun that he used to shoot up the Pulse nightclub.
Now, as social media loses its collective mind over Donald Trump’s aside about “Second Amendment people” doing something to stop Hillary Clinton from appointing anti-gun rights judges to the Supreme Court, Murphy gave further proof that he really, really has no time for you gun nuts out there.
This isn't play. Unstable people with powerful guns and an unhinged hatred for Hillary are listening to you, @realDonaldTrump.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) August 9, 2016
Don't treat this as a political misstep. It's an assassination threat, seriously upping the possibility of a national tragedy & crisis.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) August 9, 2016
Again, this is the Senator whose response to an Islamic extremist’s deadly attack on a soft target was to hold a filibuster over gun control. Unfortunately, he’s not alone in assuming Trump was calling for gun rights supporters to shoot the Democratic nominee.
@ChrisMurphyCT His speech is both unprotected + criminal. See Brandenburg v. OH. The 1st Amd doesn't cover incitement to violence. Period.
— Jack B (@jackbudi_) August 9, 2016
@ChrisMurphyCT @realDonaldTrump I think it's time the Secret Service investigates Trump for these threats. We can't have this rhetoric.
— Jason Chapman (@jchapman06) August 9, 2016
@ChrisMurphyCT @realDonaldTrump HE NEEDS TO BE ARRESTED!!!
— ㅤKasie (@3UGAHokies19) August 9, 2016
@ChrisMurphyCT @realDonaldTrump Does anyone remember GABBY GIFFORDS? Well this is way worse than what Palin did. Trump needs to be removed
— Democratic Patriot (@puppymnkey) August 9, 2016
Truth be told, anything is way worse than what Sarah Palin did, but Democrats decided not only that “violent rhetoric” had to be policed, but that they would determine when rhetoric has crossed the line into violence.
@ChrisMurphyCT Inciting violence is a crime. Has no one explained this to him. He's sick and no one should be afraid to say so
— Marilyn Wolf (@mwolf1124) August 9, 2016
@ChrisMurphyCT @realDonaldTrump Enough is enough. I don't care what Trump might have wanted to say, the comment was very clear & dangerous.
— DPTBW (@DPTBW) August 9, 2016
@ChrisMurphyCT Having seen his supporters' hateful actions at rallies, we have a right to be concerned. Feels like a green light to them.
— Hilary Brown (@hilannbro) August 9, 2016
Why does no one seem to remember the riots (yes, the police themselves termed them riots) outside Trump rallies in the Southwest, where police were injured with rocks and flaming debris while anti-Trump protesters did $10,000 of property damage? No one was shot, so it might as well not have happened — no news there.
@ChrisMurphyCT @realDonaldTrump He talks like the violent hillbillies who support him.
— Grytpype-Thynne (@GrytpypeOBE) August 9, 2016
@ChrisMurphyCT @jk_rowling A candidate who trivializes shooting another person…Let me say that one more time, SHOOTING ANOTHER PERSON.
— Christina Anderson (@cander91) August 9, 2016
@ChrisMurphyCT @anamariecox @realDonaldTrump
Exactly. Of millions of his supporters, I'm guessing about 5000 of them took it as permission.— Tim I (@iafollatim) August 9, 2016
Party of SCIENCE!
@ChrisMurphyCT @puppymnkey @realDonaldTrump This was a very irresponsible statement and Trump needs to be called out on this.
— Beangirl (@Celinabean723) August 9, 2016
We can get on board with this. He’s certainly being called out on his statement — but why does he keep serving up these microwave-ready asides on a platter to a media that is hungry to destroy him or any GOP candidate? And again, how is “Second Amendment people” equivalent to unstable people with unhinged hatred?
@ChrisMurphyCT @realDonaldTrump WOW! Nice "portrait" of gun owners. These are some of your constituents too ?
— Richard Panetta (@RichardPanetta) August 9, 2016
