Subj : Re: Communist Cuomo's 'open letter' to Trump after Texas school To : All From : benj@nobody.net Date : Sat May 19 2018 19:31:40 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september ..org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder4.usenet.farm!feed.usenet.farm!border1. nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4a ll.nl!newsfeed9.news.xs4all.nl!85.12.16.70.MISMATCH!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned ..com!news.xlned.com!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer01.iad!feed-me. highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad!fx41.iad.POSTED!not-for -mail Subject: Re: Communist Cuomo's 'open letter' to Trump after Texas school shooting slammed on Twitter: 'YOU do something' Newsgroups: dfw.general,nyc.politics,alt.politics.trump,sac.politics,alt.politics.republica ns,alt.politics.socialism.democratic,talk.politics.guns References: From: benj User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 109 Message-ID: <6e4MC.138621$LR2.18221@fx41.iad> X-Complaints-To: http://abuse.usenetxs.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 01:31:46 UTC Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 21:31:40 -0400 X-Received-Bytes: 6059 X-Received-Body-CRC: 962685262 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org dfw.general:12365 nyc.politics:77245 alt.politics.trump:43083 alt.politics.republicans:407422 talk.politics.guns:1141882 On 5/19/2018 1:03 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote: > http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/18/cuomos-open-letter-to-trump- > after-texas-school-shooting-slammed-on-twitter-do- > something.html?intcmp=ob_article_footer_text&intcmp=obnetwork > > Hours after a gunman opened fire in a Texas high school classroom, killing > at least 10 people, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo took to Twitter demanding > President Trump "DO SOMETHING." After listing seven mass shootings in a > tweet to Trump, Cuomo, a Democrat, then drafted a letter. > > The May 18 "open letter" calls on Trump, the House of Representatives and > the Senate to take action. > > "When is enough enough?" Cuomo asks. "How many more innocent people have > to die before you act?" > > Cuomo, who boasted about his "F" rating from the National Rifle > Association (NRA), told the politicians to put their country first. > > "You were elected to lead - do something. Your first responsibility is to > the people of this country, not the NRA - do something," Cuomo repeated. > "My heart breaks for the families who have to grieve from this needless > violence - DO SOMETHING." > > The letter, signed by Cuomo — who dubbed himself the "father of Cara, > Mariah and Michaela, taxpayer, Governor of New York, NRA 'F' Rated Elected > Official" — garnered more than 665 retweets by Friday evening and received > dozens of fiery replies. > > Several Twitter users lectured Cuomo for allegedly not offering any > solutions himself, while others told him he should instead focus on New > York's issues. > > "You’re the elected official. What’s your plan? Don’t just pass the buck." > > - Twitter user > "This isn't about you, it's like you can't help yourself. You were elected > to help NYS, so NYers should be your priority. Sincerely, an ACTUAL > taxpayer of NYS, commuter (when the trains work) and NRA member," one > Twitter user replied. > > "Why don't YOU do something in the State of NY that is so terrific that > the rest of the States in the USA will follow? IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO > LEAD!" another added. > > "You’re the elected official. What’s your plan? Don’t just pass the buck," > one user wrote. > > "Oh, like NYC is a crimeless utopia. Governor, DO SOMETHING," another > demanded. > > Some people suggested Cuomo was "politicizing" the tragedy in order to > boost his own popularity among voters — with at least one user calling it > his "2020 audition." > > "Nice to politicize a tragedy. So while we’re going there, who were the > presidents during all of these shootings?" one person asked. > > "Really? You're using this horrible massacre for your campaign? NRA F > rated could have been left out of this tweet," another added. > > "Andy, STOP making it so obvious that you are running for Prez in 2020 > with your 'new found voice' on Twitter!" a Twitter user added. > > "Nice to politicize a tragedy. So while we’re going there, who were the > presidents during all of these shootings?" > > - Twitter user > In particular, many users took issue with Cuomo labeling himself a > "taxpayer." > > "You are a Taxpayer rated F official as well," one user commented. > > "Taxpayer? Tax Spender Extraordinaire is more like it," another jabbed. > > However, a handful of people did offer Cuomo some support, echoing his > comments to Trump and other lawmakers. > > New York Democratic Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda wrote, "Couldn't agree more > Governor." > > "I agree, Congress is failing our children," one man responded. > > Trump spoke with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Friday afternoon to "offer his > condolences for those affected by the shooting at Santa Fe High School," > an official told Fox News. He later addressed the nation, asking > government officials to work together to prevent similar tragedies. > > “My administration is determined to do everything in our power to protect > our students, secure our schools and to keep weapons out of the hands of > those who pose a threat to themselves and to others," Trump said. > "Everyone must work together at every level of government to keep our > children safe." > > Trump announced in late March that the administration would ban bump > stocks and “all devices” that turn otherwise legal weapons into “illegal > machine guns,” keeping a promise made amid a bipartisan gun control debate > just weeks after 17 students were gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas > High School in Parkland, Florida. Gosh I wonder how well a law that forbids turning a legal firearm into an illegal machine gun will work? Well it's "bipartisan" so that suggests it will work as well as "gun free zone" signs. Somehow the idea that nutjobs and criminals do not obey the law (or signs) seems beyond the mental capacity of those wanting to ban all guns that are not in criminal or government hands. I think it's the exception for "government hands" that interests them. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .