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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid 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
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SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)1. Why Shouldn't He?
It will help him to get more votes.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)2. John Thune is a piece of shit
He should be told to his face as such.
unblock
(52,208 posts)3. hey thune, how should we dress so as not to provoke a mass killer?
Cosmocat
(14,564 posts)4. Imagine if a D had said that about Scalise?
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doc03
(35,328 posts)5. WTF we have to get small. nt
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)6. This started with Wonkette
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 nights massacre in Las Vegas