Odessa, Texas mayor blames ‘problem of the heart’ and video games for most recent mass shooting



“There’s always going to be evil people. Evil people find ways to hurt people,” he said, citing the Stillwater incident.

“Whether it’s an airplane in New York. When I was in Stillwater, Oklahoma, a lady plowed into a crowd of people at a parade. You sit here, and you wonder why. You don’t understand why. I think that’s when you have to lean on your faith,” Turner claimed.

“But you do realize there was a shooting and the mass shooting in El Paso not too far ago, far away, just about a month ago,” Gibson explained. “Again, with an assault rifle. This is an assault rifle. Isn’t there something common in all of this?”

“Yeah. I think it’s a problem of the heart, to be honest with you,” Turner explained. “We have so many violent video games.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/odessa-texas-mayor-blames-problem-of-the-heart-and-video-games-for-most-recent-mass-shooting/

Josh Campbell
@joshscampbell

Today, the President said background checks would not have prevented shootings:

“For the most part, sadly, if you look at the last four or five, even going back further five, six, seven years… As strong as you make your background checks, they would not have stopped any of it.”

11:55 AM · Sep 1, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/joshscampbell/status/1168190667924787201

Trump on Odessa shooting: ‘It’s a mental problem’
September 1, 2019 | 12:02 PM EDT
President Trump on Sept. 1 said he was considering “a lot of different bills” following a public mass shooting in Odessa, Tex. on Aug. 31.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-on-odessa-shooting-its-a-mental-problem/2019/09/01/e7e8b70f-dff0-4e57-85c9-692e542f7ffb_video.html

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

I have not forgotten that when it was announced that I was going to do The Apprentice, and when it then became a big hit, helping NBC’s failed lineup greatly, @DebraMessing came up to me at an Upfront & profusely thanked me, even calling me “Sir.” How times have changed!

9:26 AM · Sep 1, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1168153045026463747

George Takei
@GeorgeTakei

Dear Trump defenders anxious to claim that Obama also went golfing, during hurricane Katrina: Obama wasn’t president during Katrina. That was Bush.

Also, 9/11 didn’t happen under Obama.

Also, you are disappointingly ignorant.

4:51 PM · Aug 31, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/1167902743094128647

Beto O'Rourke

@BetoORourke

We don't know how many have been killed. We don't know the motivation. But here's what we do know: This is fucked up.

https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1167954084122353664