MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle on Texas shooting: Republicans are ‘the enemies’

MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle claimed Wednesday amid the fallout of the college capturing in Uvalde, Texas, that Republicans have been “the enemies” when it got here to such tragedies.

Throughout an look on “Morning Joe,” the liberal commentator referred to Republicans as “hypocrites” and “scoundrels” and accused them of working “in opposition to progress” in passing gun management laws. 

Barnicle’s feedback got here amid the present’s centered dialogue on the Texas capturing, which occurred Tuesday when the shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, entered Robb Elementary Faculty and killed at the least 21 folks, together with 19 college students and two academics. 

Throughout the dialogue, host Joe Scarborough turned to Barnicle and railed in opposition to Republican state legislators opposing gun management measures, referring to them as “radical,” “harmful,” “immoral” and “cowards.” 

He additionally claimed they have been “turning our school rooms, our church buildings, our nation music festivals into killing zones.”

“Every little thing that you simply simply mentioned, we simply did. We simply mentioned it. 9 days in the past. Due to Buffalo. The place folks have been killed due to their pores and skin colour in a grocery store,” Barnicle mentioned, referencing the capturing earlier this month at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, that killed 10 folks and injured quite a lot of others. 

MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle on "Morning Joe."
Barnicle mentioned “we all know who the enemies are” throughout his look.
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At the very least 21 folks have been killed within the bloodbath at Robb Elementary Faculty.
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Salvador Ramos
Suspected Uvalde, Texas, college shooter Salvador Ramos
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He said that the dialog was being had once more at the moment and that he didn’t suppose anybody on the present’s panel would “be capable of get by way of the morning with out crying.”

“We all know who the enemies are. The enemies are the hypocrites and the scoundrels who rise up in the US Senate, together with final evening, and speak about what a tragedy it's,” Barnicle mentioned. “After which they actively work in opposition to progress when it comes to controlling the distribution of weapons on this nation.” 

“They're cowards. We all know that,” he claimed. 

Barnicle lamented that life would simply “go on” for most individuals, and that public officers would do “little or no.”

“This lingers for many individuals. However it doesn’t linger sufficient for most individuals. And right here we're, elevating once more the query we talked about only a few days in the past, who're we? Actually,” he mentioned.

The investigation into the Texas capturing continues to be ongoing, and authorities haven't but recognized a potential motive.

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