bad it gets, does not matter if kids are murdered in sandy hook i grew up in and a credibly small town. it does not matter if the people in our small town that i lived in were shot and killed in las vegas or parkland, or sutherland springs, or the pulse nightclub, or virginia tech the answer is, hell no, every time. when something happens in uvalde and the brand of your organization is, how no. when somebody says are you going to cancel your convention? it is, hell no. this is what our politics is. our local school boards have this invested. everything that you care about, every single thing, women s reproductive rights, climate policy, it is all invested by this all or nothing politics at the nra figured out 15 or 18 years ago and loaned to the political right. here we are, and kids are dying because of it. it is so incredibly sad. matthew dowd, you have written about gun culture myths, myths in america, help us
hans. when your brand is not only know but hell no, no matter how bad it gets, does not matter if kids are murdered in sandy hook i grew up in and a credibly small town. it does not matter if the people in our small town that i lived in were shot and killed in las vegas or parkland, or sutherland springs, or the pulse nightclub, or virginia tech the answer is, hell no, every time. when something happens in uvalde and the brand of your organization is, how no. when somebody says are you going to cancel your convention? it is, hell no. this is what our politics is. our local school boards have this invested. everything that you care about, every single thing, women s reproductive rights, climate policy, it is all invested by this all or nothing politics at the nra figured out 15 or 18 years ago and loaned to the political right. here we are, and kids are dying because of it. it is so incredibly sad.
know but hell no, no matter how bad it gets, does not matter if kids are murdered in sandy hook i grew up in and a credibly small town. it does not matter if the people in our small town that i lived in were shot and killed in las vegas or parkland, or sutherland springs, or the pulse nightclub, or virginia tech the answer is, hell no, every time. when something happens in uvalde and the brand of your organization is, how no. when somebody says are you going to cancel your convention? it is, hell no. this is what our politics is. our local school boards have this invested. everything that you care about, every single thing, women s reproductive rights, climate policy, it is all invested by this all or nothing politics at the nra figured out 15 or 18 years ago and loaned to the political right. here we are, and kids are dying because of it. it is so incredibly sad.
where other laws but under current law there s something known as section 2:30 of the communications decency act which says that social media platforms are not responsible for the content that is posted there. sometimes people refer to that as the 26 words that created the internet, because it allowed for all this innovation. platforms and have to worry about getting sued, so they were able to allow anyone who wanted to come on their sites. the consequence, as we see, is that it allows all of this nefarious conduct to occur, really unchecked. until we get meaningful federal regulation, i don t know if there will be any crimes charged here, or any civil lawsuits. dave, this one s a head-scratcher for me, i keep hearing that republicans don t like how far some other candidates have gone to the right. but just a week ago, there was not a single republican in congress who voted to codify roe v. wade, when you think about where repealing roe v. wade, protecting women s
platforms and have to worry about getting sued, so they were able to allow anyone who wanted to come on their sites. the consequence, as we see, is that it allows all of this nefarious conduct to occur, really unchecked. until we get meaningful federal regulation, i don t know if there will be any crimes charged here, or any civil lawsuits. dave, this one s a head-scratcher for me, i keep hearing that republicans don t like how far some other candidates have gone to the right. but just a week ago, there was not a single republican in congress who voted to codify roe v. wade, when you think about where repealing roe v. wade, protecting women s reproductive rights falls on the political spectrum, that s pretty far right. so what are they talking about? stephanie, most voters are somewhere in the middle on abortion, most voters don t believe that abortion should be legal in all cases, or zero cases. and so, it s republicans who favor flat bans on abortion that could be in general elec