CNN’s Jake Tapper did what he could as moderator, but the audience at CNN’s “Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action” town hall wasn’t in the mood to sit quietly, particularly when Sen. Marco Rubio or the NRA’s Dana Loesch was speaking.
Loesch takes an amazing amount of abuse online as it is, and during the town hall, someone in the crowd shouted, “You’re a murderer.”
https://twitter.com/Alex_Thomas_01/status/966513593326948354
Audience member: "You're a murderer!" to Dana Loesch.
— Jim Swift (@JimSwiftDC) February 22, 2018
Like Chris Cillizza said, it was “a really, really good discussion.”
I mean, this was the point of the event. Glad CNN got what it came for. https://t.co/8LtdQnI0bp
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) February 22, 2018
BURN THE GUN WITCH https://t.co/xNak8ciPl2
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) February 22, 2018
"Burn the witch! Burn her!" https://t.co/OFYs28aAWM
— Vulpes vulpes (@Oenonewept) February 22, 2018
Comprehensive list of people Dana has ever murdered:
— Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) February 22, 2018
Guys I think this CNN town hall is really going to win hearts and minds of 2nd Amendment supporters. https://t.co/vvVzbS7pol
— Andrew Clark (@AndrewHClark) February 22, 2018
This is helpful. https://t.co/Ooom3Ve1AH
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) February 22, 2018
Holy cow. The crowd really is filled with anti-gun zealots. https://t.co/AkOTSTHZV7
— Kim Priestap (@kimpriestap) February 22, 2018
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This is not what dialogue looks like. https://t.co/VpAwGaGMX3
— Curtis Kalin (@CurtisKalin) February 22, 2018
Everyone knows that calling your political opponents like @DLoesch "a murderer" is the best way to advance dialogue
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) February 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/GabLeitao/status/966516673703501824
This CNN town hall is nuts with a WWE like audience, accomplishing what exactly? Other than provide campaign ad fodder, that is. https://t.co/JKSMx5WUmb
— Lew Moore (@lewmoore) February 22, 2018
The person just got more of a platform than 99% of people.
That is why this debate about gun control is already over before it started. https://t.co/q3Ph6tCq9Z— Bravest Little Hobbit Of Them All (@HesNotTheStig) February 22, 2018
Yet another reason we can't have a meaningful discussion on this and why nothing changes. https://t.co/A8f7fdSq9l
— Dan Roth (@Dan12R) February 22, 2018
Mmm yes. Sounds like a real good discussion @CillizzaCNN.
(Making AR purchase as I tweet you) https://t.co/vmHxKSjnTn
— Smoove Caulk (@SmooveCaulk) February 22, 2018
The liberal benchmark of a national conversation. https://t.co/ubd7wtrvpy
— A Stand Up Girl (@AStandUpGirl) February 22, 2018
"Its time for reasonable dialog"https://t.co/x4Wt04O2ba
— varifrank (@varifrank) February 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/hotfunkytown/status/966519356476686336
I actually can't stand Dana Loesch, but this is just immature and bad politics. Mark my words, this thing is going to come back to bite and not in the way gun control activists envision. https://t.co/iDWCEGLPvv
— Josh Fields (@partiallypro) February 22, 2018
That’s what Ben Shapiro just said.
FYI. Dana didn’t shoot the students. pic.twitter.com/7jQZYt8cf7
— Jon Nicosia (@NewsPolitics) February 22, 2018
If you think @dloesch murdered kids in Parkland rather than an evil shooter, your morality is skewed nearly beyond repair.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 22, 2018
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