The House Democrats Sit-In

[Lincoln Republican]

A shameless publicity stunt on the part of the Democrats.

A crass money grab on the part of the Democrats, actually soliciting donations by using the Orlando tragedy as a fund raising effort.

Democrats exhibiting shamelessly pictures of the victims in Orlando, which at the very least is in extremely bad taste.    

[Lincoln Republican]

A shameless publicity stunt on the part of the Democrats.

A crass money grab on the part of the Democrats, actually soliciting donations by using the Orlando tragedy as a fund raising effort.

Democrats exhibiting shamelessly pictures of the victims in Orlando, which at the very least is in extremely bad taste.    

A Republican governor literally put a woman under house arrest in order to exploit the public's irrational fear that she might have had Ebola, even though she never even presented a single symptom.

Every Republican governor in the nation vowed to try and prevent Syrian refugees from living in their state even though they have no authority to do so.

I don't post this to suggest 'both sides do it' because you've presented no evidence the Democrats are trying to fundraise over this as opposed to trying to force a vote.  So, only idiot Republicans (redundant, sorry) do this.

Edit: The DNC and Nancy Pelosi both sent out fundraising tweets.

Proves my statement.  You think I made this up?

I am, by the way, a strong proponent of strict gun control.

[Lincoln Republican]

The hour was late, I was watching the event on CNN, and it was a CNN political panel who were talking about the fact the Democrats were using this as a fund raising effort.  I didn't have any reference link at the time, there probably was no reference link until after.  I don't know.

The CNN panel as well believed it was in extremely poor taste to use pictures of shooting victims.

There was also even a phone number, 202-224-3121, to be seen on the screen, I assume for people to call into to donate money.

This whole publicity stunt on the part of Democrats was a shameless display.

You want to change the gun laws, do it through the legal legislative process, not by staging some type of a 1960's college sit in.

I support strong gun control laws and policies, but I do not support legislators circumventing the legal system.    

[Lincoln Republican]

You want to change the gun laws, do it through the legal legislative process, not by staging some type of a 1960's college sit in.

Kind of hard to do when your party does a "shameless display" of leadership every single time there is a tragedy. If it is a brown person who does the attack, they cry "radical islamic terrorism"; if it is a white person, they briefly blame "mental health". But in the end, they always do the same thing: THEY DO FRIGGING NOTHING. 80%+ of the country wants a No Fly-No Buy, and 90%+ want expanded background checks. But YOUR party won't lift a finger to even have a discussion on how to fix the situation. The Democrats sitting on the floor to draw attention to Congress' inaction is a hell of a lot more honorable than the Republicans waiting out until people forget about each and every tragedy.

If YOUR party actually wants to carry out the "People's business", then allow a frigging vote and let the voters decide what to do with Congressmen who act AGAINST the people's will and for the gun manufacturers.

Hey, if I had my way, my party would introduce and pass sweeping gun control laws.

I deeply oppose the stand of my party on this issue.

However, I still see this sit in as a Democratic publicity stunt and self righteous bombast.