Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Charleston shooting survivors feel ignored by GOP presidential candidates - The Washington Post

Haley, the former South Carolina governor, had offered the most detailed policy solution: funding more mental health care — though, she said, the states would have to pay for it. The pastor doubted that approach on its own would make a dent in the country's daily death toll. 

Trump, meanwhile, was calling himself "the best friend gun owners have ever had in the White House." As president, he briefly consideredtightening background checks in 2019 after gunmen in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, killed 31 people over one August weekend. Then, under pressure from the National Rifle Association, he scrapped that idea, saying, "A lot of the people who put me where I am are strong supporters of the Second Amendment." These days, he boasted about doing nothing — literally, the pastor lamented…


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