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riversedge

(70,242 posts)
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 09:25 PM Feb 2018

Stoneman Douglas students are livid over Trump's tweets and they're blasting him and others on s

Source: sun-sentinel.com


February 18, 2018 7:55 PM
Brett Clarkson Brett ClarksonContact Reporter


The students of Stoneman Douglas High School have been going on national TV and speaking out at protests for elected officials to do something to stop gun violence.

But they’re also taking that same message to social media. And the tweets are going viral.

After President Donald Trump linked the shooting and the FBI’s failure to act on a tip about accused gunman Nikolas Cruz to the bureau’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, some of the students lashed out at Trump.

Here is a sampling of what they’re saying:...............................................


Read more: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-reg-douglas-students-social-media-politicians-pundits-20180218-story.html



I wonder what the format will be for Trump meeting with these students?? How selected?? etc etc.









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ffr

(22,670 posts)
3. Or they're bots or foreigners pretending to be Americans.
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 09:43 PM
Feb 2018

My focus will be on the message from the high schoolers. They getting slaughtered for the very reason's Emma Gonzalez so passionately outlined.

PSPS

(13,603 posts)
5. You can be sure many of those coments are originating in St. Petersburg.
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 10:23 PM
Feb 2018

Incidents like this are irresistible to trump's pals in the kremlin.

ffr

(22,670 posts)
2. I keep repeating the protest rally from yesterday. Very moving and smart!
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 09:40 PM
Feb 2018

For every member of congress who took money from the NRA, shame on you!

This brave young lady, Emma Gonzalez, sums up the frustration I think we all feel with our lost leadership.

Fired up and ready to go at a moments notice!

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
4. She is right. Call BS on all the crap that is put up as a screen to hide the problem that kills
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 09:51 PM
Feb 2018

hibbing

(10,098 posts)
6. Stay strong
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 11:59 PM
Feb 2018

The deplorables will be relentless with their attacks on the *victims* of this horrific act.


Peace

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