Classic -> https://t.co/2sofQtJhjK
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) October 27, 2014
Ebola arrived in the U.S. for the first time ever recently and the Obama administration’s behind-the-curve response has been widely criticized. For former Obama adviser David Axelrod, that means it’s time to … change the subject!
Striking juxtaposition: Ebola fear rampant, despite negligible threat to Americans. But thousands fall victim to gun violence each year.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) October 27, 2014
Axelrod’s distraction made sense to some:
@davidaxelrod Exactly! The crisis is Guns – not #Ebola, more dead in #MarysvilleShooting than #Ebola in USA #guncontrol #votedemocrates
— DrBLB (@DrBLB) October 27, 2014
@davidaxelrod Pure Republican IGNORANCE on who and what are hurting this country!
— Ted Weissgerber (@BurgersBytes) October 27, 2014
https://twitter.com/Felix147MJ/status/526718111383576576
@davidaxelrod easier to stir up fear over mythical issue vs take on the confrontation of strangely-beloved actual threat.
— Melissa Reilly (@textilejunkie) October 27, 2014
But others didn’t let Axelrod get away with being Axelrod:
https://twitter.com/wcu80/status/526718024083337216
@davidaxelrod slight of hand…change the subject…nice try
— tobokie (@tobokie) October 27, 2014
@davidaxelrod Yeah, but all I have to do to avoid gun violence is avoid places like Chicago. Flying an airplane, no refuge.
— Hugh Brice (@hugh_brice) October 27, 2014
https://twitter.com/ebgbz1/status/526721419842170880
@davidaxelrod You misspelled crime, you sorry sack of shit.
— Moira ☘️ ن (@Moira1987) October 27, 2014
@davidaxelrod Chicago has some of the toughest gun laws but high rate of gun violence, i.e., inversely correlated. Do you prefer axe attack
— Randy Neff (@rnefftax) October 27, 2014
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@davidaxelrod False. We are extremely concerned about gun violence. That's precisely why we want to carry.
— JD (@CheesyZingers) October 27, 2014
https://twitter.com/JamesHXN/status/526720088591073280
@davidaxelrod Dumb logic. No, thousands fall victim to "criminal violence." Not to "gun violence." But you Dems love your voting felons.
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 27, 2014
@davidaxelrod By criminals who get their guns illegally, and use them at "gun free zones."
— blewyt (@blewyt) October 27, 2014
.@davidaxelrod #fact: Most of those are in cities with the STRICTEST gun control, IE: Washington DC, Chicago…. I wonder why David…
— #AVGeek SkzDaLimit ✈️ (@skzdalimit) October 27, 2014
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