No, it was no accident. Right on cue, many Twitter users parlayed the pre-Super Bowl performance by Jennifer Hudson and the Sandy Hook kids into an opportunity to call for stricter gun control laws:
https://twitter.com/dannyboy069/status/298209069209112576
The Sandy Hook School Chorus from Newtown is adorable. Just makes me hate American gun laws even more.
— Aashna STAY AT HOME Kumar (@Aashtags) February 3, 2013
If seeing the kids from Sandy Hook sing doesn't make everyone want to put down their guns, nothing will. #sandyhook #superbowl #guncontrol
— Denise "BidenHarris" Wheeler (@denisedwheeler) February 3, 2013
If ever a moment for gun control it's watching the sandy hook elementary chorus singing & wondering how many kids are missing. #SB47
— Deborah Op den Kamp (@debodk) February 3, 2013
Sandy Hook Elem. school choir. Class act by the NFL. And quite the message to the gun nuts. #SuperBowl #sandyhook #NRA #fuckthenra
— Nameless Proletarian (@Otakar227) February 3, 2013
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https://twitter.com/DanXross/status/298209342744850433
America confuses me. Sandy Hook kids sing at SuperBowl and hands go on hearts, but its OK to own the guns that killed their mates. #bonkers
— Arthur Dented (@wildonion) February 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/KateGrabon/status/298209422881214464
Perhaps CBS should have hired NBC’s Bob Costas to sing along with the Sandy Hook kids.
Update:
Here is video of the performance: