After mass shootings, Godly Republicans have this wonderful and heartfelt turn of phrase: “thoughts and prayers.”
It’s such a clever idiom for “I really don’t give a damn.”
GOP: Guns Over People.
Mark Schleupner, Roanoke
After mass shootings, Godly Republicans have this wonderful and heartfelt turn of phrase: “thoughts and prayers.”
It’s such a clever idiom for “I really don’t give a damn.”
GOP: Guns Over People.
Mark Schleupner, Roanoke
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