Monday afternoon, the Brady Campaign, a gun control organization, retweeted a piece from The Huffington Post entitled, “As Usual, The NRA Goes Into Hiding After A Deadly Mass Shooting.”
"As Usual, The NRA Goes Into Hiding After A Deadly Mass Shooting" –> https://t.co/IRHmCk1zVs #ENOUGH #LasVegas
— Brady Campaign (@Bradybuzz) October 2, 2017
“The NRA’s standard response to mass shootings is to go initially silent, then come out in full force,” writes Amanda Terkel. “Anyone looking for contrition from the gun lobbying group in the wake of the Vegas tragedy will likely be sorely disappointed.”
The Brady Campaign certainly can’t be accused of going into hiding. At 9:30 a.m., while many people were just tuning in to the news and hearing about the horrific mass shooting, the Brady Campaign was already soliciting donations, as Nick Short discovered.
Gun control organization using the Las Vegas shooting to solicit donations. They posted this 7hrs ago, before we even knew the total dead. pic.twitter.com/NqNYtKeglI
— Nick Short ?? (@PoliticalShort) October 2, 2017
Indeed, clicking on the link in the second tweet below takes the reader directly to the Brady Campaign’s contribution page. That was some fast work.
BREAKING NEWS: Reports of at least 50 people dead & potentially 200 injured at a Las Vegas country music festival-> https://t.co/emi9zFpOpR
— Brady Campaign (@Bradybuzz) October 2, 2017
We need to say #ENOUGH to gun violence. Join us in honoring the victims & survivors in Las Vegas by taking action! – https://t.co/ZTbkiA6k7C pic.twitter.com/YZYALrlOEd
— Brady Campaign (@Bradybuzz) October 2, 2017
It would have been a shame to let a tragedy go to waste.
You're right. No respect for the dead: politicize it and make money out of it while the spilled blood is still warm. https://t.co/wjAnqA2RTW
— Mark Duchamp (@DuchampMark) October 2, 2017
Gotta make those fat stacks while you can. https://t.co/IUDclWZrZk
— IAmSilky???? (@IAmVerySilky) October 2, 2017
Sick. Never let a good crisis go to waste, huh? https://t.co/k9HmuMNbXo
— Clayton L. Ballard (@ClaytonLBallard) October 2, 2017
Political expedience is of more importance than the victims to these people. https://t.co/43GFvAiQDt
— Ouija (@OuijaSTi) October 2, 2017
Despicable. That's as bad as @lsarsour fundraising off of the Hurricane. https://t.co/cyIzhBNhAb
— DeltaBravoNews ?? (@DeltaBravoNews) October 2, 2017
Can't they just wait a few days out of courtesy to the families of the dead? Making money off of tragedy is not a good American value. https://t.co/JJAp1UNHXq
— Michelle Y. Ertel (@MichelleErtel) October 2, 2017
This is beyond callousness SHAME ON ANYONE using this to advance their own agenda, bodies arent cold people still fighting for their lives https://t.co/OmarTBD9nm
— C C proud Covfefe (@CeliaCh24609512) October 2, 2017
Theyre #Vultures, profiting from other peoples pain. Sick. #GunControlNow https://t.co/XYuPXCQf5Q
— Alan Bayer (@AlanBayer2) October 2, 2017
The evil of the left. Never let a tragedy go to waste there is money to be made. https://t.co/p87hZgdcWc
— Tyler Boliver (@TylerBoliver) October 2, 2017
Sickening beyond belief. https://t.co/wQWmVkMB9O
— FeatherBlue1313 (@featherblue1313) October 2, 2017
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'Bodies are still warm.' GHOUL Shannon Watts already exploiting Las Vegas shooting https://t.co/kKrnnHmjqk
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 2, 2017
