The Bad Parent Caucus

The Bad Parent Caucus
If those “who love you” wanted to show that love, they would say something more than the platitudinous mush
that came out of the mouth of the do-nothing House speaker, Paul Ryan, whose response to the latest mass killing was, “I think we need to pray.”
Since 1995, there have been more than 4,000 instances of someone rising in Congress to express “thoughts and prayers.” And since
that time, about seven children or teenagers have been killed, on average, every day by guns.
Here’s a thought: The next politician to express sorrow over the slaughter of students at a school without offering
any specific remedy should be run out of office, for cowardice and failure to protect American children.
If the adults were really willing to take any measure to protect them, Trump wouldn’t
have signed a bill last year making it easier for mentally ill people to get guns.
But in their roles as protectors of many other children, who should be free to attend school without fear of being shot, this trio
that controls the federal government is leading a bad parent caucus.
President Trump delivered 702 words to the nation Thursday on the murder of 17 kids
in Parkland, Fla. — one of more than 150 school shootings over the last decade.
Along with a gutless majority in Congress, Trump is hiding behind the shield of “thoughts
and prayers” while showing himself derelict of duty in failing to defend the lives of school children.