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The people we trust to push policy for the betterment of our people, and our country as a whole, have betrayed that trust for decades. 3/22

We’ve gotten to the point where *all* they offer us are “thoughts and prayers,” with no actions to follow them. 4/22

As @anthonyjeselnik points out (language warning), "thoughts and prayers" is just a call for attention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9SKkd79AjQ … 5/22

This is just as true of politicians as it is of anybody else. Politicians say this to *seem* like good people while doing *nothing*. 6/22

These people represent the very worst of us. Using tragedies to gain a political advantage, while helping nobody, is as low as it gets. 7/22

And I simply won’t do it. Period. It’s beneath me, and more importantly, it’s beneath *you*. We deserve better. *You* deserve better. 8/22

So, if you want to know how to minimize these mass shootings, & to truly minimize violent deaths of all kinds in our country, 9/22

here’s what we need to do: We need to lessen the wealth & wage gaps, which will lower the suicide, homicide & crime rates nationwide. 10/22