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egbertowillies

(4,058 posts)
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 04:28 PM Oct 2017

Did GOP Senator John Thune blame victims for being shot? Kinda really

I had to check several sources before I wrote this one because empathetically it hurts to the core. Republican Senator John Thune (R-SD) blamed the victims of mass killer Stephen Paddock and future victims of mass killers for being shot or for their deaths.

https://egbertowillies.com/2017/10/03/gop-senator-john-thune-blame-victims/

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Did GOP Senator John Thune blame victims for being shot? Kinda really (Original Post) egbertowillies Oct 2017 OP
Why Shouldn't He? SoCalMusicLover Oct 2017 #1
John Thune is a piece of shit RhodeIslandOne Oct 2017 #2
hey thune, how should we dress so as not to provoke a mass killer? unblock Oct 2017 #3
Imagine if a D had said that about Scalise? Cosmocat Oct 2017 #4
WTF we have to get small. nt doc03 Oct 2017 #5
This started with Wonkette exboyfil Oct 2017 #6

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
6. This started with Wonkette
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 05:36 PM
Oct 2017

Frankly I don't know what is satire, but I would like to see a better source.

https://wonkette.com/623810/gop-senator-john-thune-on-not-getting-murdered-by-guns-try-not-to-get-murdered-by-guns

Here is what he said to Hallie Jackson of NBC (according to NBC producer Frank Thorp) regarding Sunday night’s massacre in Las Vegas

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