HAPPENING NOW: @momsdemand and @studentsdemand volunteers, gun safety advocates and gun violence survivors are at the Texas statehouse demanding lawmakers ACT to stop gun violence. #txlege
BREAKING: A First responder in the Texas mall shooting pours water over the bullsh*t GOP narrative:
“It wasn't mental health that killed these people, it was an automatic rifle with bullets,” he said.
“Prayers and condolences won't bring these people back. We need action in the federal and state legislatures for better gun control,” witness Steven Spainhouer told MSNBC.
“I’m saying this as someone who loves guns….I'm a former police officer. I’m a former Army officer.”
Spainhouer rushed desperately to aid those wounded and dying after shots rang out a little after 3:30 p.m. May 6.
He said the victims had such horrific injuries that they had to be loaded into police cars because ambulances would not have gotten them to nearby trauma facilities fast enough.
He also said he also found a child, who survived while covered by his protective mother who had been killed.
Ultimately, Spainhouer says what he witnessed Saturday will haunt him for the rest of his life.
Now, he’s calling on Congress to DO SOMETHING.
Thank you former officer Spainhouer for speaking out! 💙
🚨 OUTRAGEOUS: This TSA agent at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport was caught on video repeatedly yanking the service dog by the neck. He should be identified and fired immediately.
NEW: The Secret Service paid @realdonaldtrump’s DC hotel $33,000 to rent one room for 137 straight days in 2017.
The reason? Treasury Sec. Mnuchin lived in his boss’s hotel for months, and the Secret Service needed to be near him. https://t.co/zHxi4P1NY5
Trump directly benefits from private prisons to the tune of $500k to his inauguration fund. Once in office, his immigration policy requires more prisons.
He raised $107 million and promised to donate the leftover funds to charity. That never happened. https://t.co/CN3PlBPlnS https://t.co/8VMftVZshR