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June 12, 2016

Try and find THIS on TV

Largest Islamic civil rights group @CAIRNational condemns Orlando attack, urges Muslims to donate blood.



https://twitter.com/GarrettHaake/status/742002995055861760
June 12, 2016

Forget about banning Muslims, Mexicans, etc.

Dear Americans,

Forget about banning #Muslims, #Mexicans, etc.

BAN THE GOP & NRA.

THEY ARE THE ENABLERS



https://twitter.com/Our4thEstate/status/742029489249517570



Gun fueled mass murder isn’t the exception - it’s as common and as American as apple pie


THIS IS WHO WE ARE

REMINDER: 41 Republicans blocked sensible gun legislation, right after the Sandy Hook



https://twitter.com/TheBaxterBean/status/742002607997243392http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/04/day-after-san-bernardino-republicans-line-up-to-crush-gun-control-efforts


June 12, 2016

50 people dead. Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump starts tweet with "appreciate the congrats"

There isn’t any catastrophe that fucking asshole won’t make to be all about He, Trump.


Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism, I don't want congrats, I want toughness & vigilance. We must be smart!
9:43 AM - 12 Jun 2016
7,695 7,695 Retweets 17,313 17,313 likes
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/742034549232766976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


https://twitter.com/HuffingtonPost/status/742036063070388224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
June 12, 2016

what the Lt Gov of TX tweeted as news of the shooting broke:

Tweeted as news breaks of mass casualties at a gay nightclub. Vile. Have you no shame?

:large
https://twitter.com/DanPatrick/status/741963306294902785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw




June 12, 2016

"I'd like to believe genetically I'm predisposed to (be) better than average."

I’m reading a story from Der Speigel from earlier in the year and this excerpt shocked the hell out of me. Well maybe not shocked, as it explained a lot, but it reenforced my view that Trump is dangerously insane and must not be allowed to become POTUS.

“But what worried him the most, says D'Antonio, is Trump's belief that he is genetically superior to most people in the world. In all of their conversations, he notes, Trump kept returning to the notion that by virtue of his birth, he is simply better than other people in many areas -- from playing golf to being a businessman. "I'm a big believer in natural ability," Trump said.

His son, Donald Trump Jr., shares his father's conviction. He said he was a firm believer in the concept of breeding, in "race-horse theory." Then he pointed at the ceiling with his finger, in the direction of his father's office. "He's an incredibly accomplished guy, my mother's incredibly accomplished, she's an Olympian, so I'd like to believe genetically I'm predisposed to (be) better than average."

Apparently this sort of belief also helps Trump portray himself to voters as a strong man, as the person who will save the country.”



http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/6/11/1537557/-This-is-dangerous-Trump-actually-thinks-he-is-genetically-superior-to-everyone
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/donald-trump-is-the-most-dangerous-man-in-the-world-a-1075060.html

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