Discussion: President Obama To Deliver Statement On Orlando Shooting At 1:30 PM

I hope he starts the speech with, “Fuck the NRA. They have contributed to the deaths of more Americans than ISIS and Al-Qaeda combined, through their lobbying efforts to ensure that assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and unlimited ammunition are available to every man, woman and child in America.”

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Will there be a link to it, as is usual here at TPM?

I’m going to watch on the WH website. Refuse to patronize those cable news assassins of democracy and critical thinking.

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Thank you – great idea!

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As usual, great speech by President Obama; however, his words were stilted, almost (but now) showing anger. Am I right to suspect he knows more but can’t say because he’s waiting on verification? In the first few words of this speech, he made it clear this was an act of terrorism. He didn’t say “domestic.” I can tell there’s a lot on his mind.

He has to be careful with his words, otherwise he boxes himself in as new info becomes available.

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