Kamala Harris put out a statement with Vance’s comments and called for “action to keep our children safe."

Sounds like it’s time for somebody to make /c/TrumpVsTrump ?

  • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    14 days ago

    Of course, it’s not like they are scrambling to actually try and stop the shootings…

  • DigitalNirvana@lemm.ee
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    14 days ago

    Whatever happened to the idea of not publishing the names of mass shooters, as a way of denying them the fame/ attention that they want? Seems like that was a good idea. Did I miss something?

    • Final Remix@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      Drama sells better. It’s just that simple. Plus, someone else is probably gonna publish the name(s), so try to get that info out first to beat other outlets.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    14 days ago

    The Harris campaign knows how to clapback real hard, that’s for sure. The Trump campaign’s words, even with all the relevant context included, speak for themselves.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 days ago

      well, i suppose that’s a decent thing to do.

      i mean, it saves somebody I probably don’t hate from having to change his diapers. like the generic staffers around him.

  • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Yeah, the Harris campaign is twisting what’s been said. He’s admitting that this is a fact of life. Not in the sense of “death and taxes” but this is just what our country is facing in 2024. He’s not wrong. School shootings are a fact of life.

    The actual problem I have with his comment is that he’s saying “our schools are soft targets and we have got to bolster security at our schools so that a person who wants to walk through the front door and kill a bunch of children, they’re not able to”.

    Vance, you’re 40 years old. Maybe you don’t remember a time when children didn’t have to worry about people walking around with assault rifles threatening their lives in school. I promise you, it wasn’t that long ago that schools were safe places. Really - I graduated HS in '95. It was the following year that the school posted security on site. I can’t imagine what it’s like to be in school today where you literally need to wear bullet proof backpacks. This is the kind of world I think of when I think of the USSR during the Cold War.

    Bolstering security at schools is not a solution. It’s a bandaid. You’re not fixing anything (you’ll be a great politician). I really don’t understand why the vast majority of politicians are so poor at solving problems.

  • Got_Bent@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    George Bush the first called Dan “potatoe” Quayle the Jose Canseco of politics.

    JD is making him look like it in comparison.

    • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      I am trying to find this, because I’d love to see the context, but I can’t seem to get it. Weirdly, I could have been certain I clicked on a story talking about it, but I went back because of an uncloseable cookie banner and duck duck go changed the results.