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DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 01:01 PM Mar 2018

Justin Trudeau

I wish this was coming from the U.S. president. *sigh*

@JustinTrudeau
To those who marched here in Canada for an end to gun violence, we hear you - and this week we introduced a plan for common sense gun control that will keep our communities safer.


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Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
1. It is great that rump avoids this, he is literally telling the new voters they dont matter
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 01:02 PM
Mar 2018

and neither he or the GOP care about them.

He could not help their cause more if he tried. This is perfect.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
2. Actually the Trump admin issued a press release yesterday of a very similar nature ...
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 01:05 PM
Mar 2018

More detailed, and of course more self-congratulatory (it IS teh Dump Admin after all), but they did try to tout some positive-sounding changes they're allegedly pushing for ... someone posted it here.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
4. Yes, there was a statement from the White House, but not directly from trump
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 01:09 PM
Mar 2018

Instead he's tweeted several times over the past day about Building the Wall, Fake News, Greek Independence day, "Crooked Hillary", NO COLLUSION!, etc.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
5. Over the past year or so, I have tried to trade Trump for Trudeau...
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 01:17 PM
Mar 2018

My Canadian friends won't budge...they say they are happy as things are and not about to give up their wonderful Trudeau.

I REALLY tried. They wouldn't even take Trump if I GAVE him to them.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
9. Canada: 500 gun-related suicides each year.
Sun Mar 25, 2018, 03:38 PM
Mar 2018

US: 22,000 per year.

That doesn't seem to be proportionally explainable by population statistics, does it?

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