[A] national conservative group based in Iowa is running television ads featuring seemingly ordinary New Hampshire moms and law enforcement officials defending the one-term senator from out-of-state “partisan” attacks.
[A] cursory search of individuals in the advertisement reveals that the supposedly typical New Hampshirites are actually long-time Republican party activists and officials.
MOMS, CHILDREN TO HOLD MOTHER’S DAY EVENTS IN EIGHT STATES TO RAISE GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Gun Violence Survivors Will Deliver Mother’s Day Cards to Senators Who Voted Against Background Checks on Friday, Rally Against Gun Violence on Saturday
Roxanna Green, Daughter Killed in Tucson Mass Shooting, Releases Video Message
Mothers, children, and others who have been affected by gun violence will gather in eight states for Mother’s Day events this Friday and Saturday to raise gun violence awareness. This week those affected by gun violence gathered to create Mother’s Day cards for their U.S. Senators, urging them to stand with moms across the country to prevent gun violence. They will deliver those cards to their U.S. Senators at Friday events and rally to end gun violence at events on Saturday. Recent independent polls that have found that more than 90 percent of Americans support background checks for all buyers.
Americans can sign a Mother’s Day card urging their Senator to take action on gun violence here.
In addition, to mark Mother’s Day and the nationwide events, Roxanna Green, whose nine-year-old daughter Christina-Taylor Green was killed in the 2011 Tucson mass shooting, released a video message. Link to the video here.
The events and rallies will be held in states of Senators who voted against bipartisan legislation proposed by NRA A-rated Senators Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey that would have closed the loopholes that make it easy for criminals and other dangerous people to get guns, including: Senators Kelly Ayotte (NH), Richard Burr (NC), Saxby Chambliss (GA), Dan Coats (IN), Jeff Flake (AZ), Dean Heller (NV), Johnny Isakson (GA) and Rob Portman (OH).
Event details are below (all times local.)
ARIZONA
Tucson
What: Mother’s Day Card Signing Rally – Mothers will then deliver cards to Senator Flake’s Tucson office
Who: Jocelyn Strauss, Chapter Leader of Moms Demand Action; Mayors Against Illegal Guns, concerned citizens Where: Fort Lowell Park:2900 North Craycroft Rd, Tucson
When: Saturday, May 11, 10 AM
GEORGIA
Atlanta
What: Moms Demand Action Mother’s Day Walk and Rally Against Gun Violence
Who: Co-chapter head of Moms Demand Action of Georgia Piyali Cole, Co-chapter head of Moms Demand Action of Georgia Melinda Ennis, Mayors Against Illegal Guns and concerned Georgians
Where: Piedmont Park, 400 Park Dr. NE, Atlanta
When: Saturday, May 11, 11:00 AM
INDIANA
Indianapolis
What: Mothers deliver Mother’s Day cards to Senator Coats’ Indianapolis office
Who: Moms Demand Action Chapter Lead Nicky McNally; Joantyonette (Tony) Grundy, whose husband and son were both shot and killed in Indianapolis; Mayors Against Illegal Guns and concerned Hoosiers
Where: Senator Coats’ Office: 10 West Market St, Indianapolis
When: Friday, May 10, 11:00 AM
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
What: Mother’s Day Rally against Gun Violence
Who: Susanne Rallis of Moms Demand Action, Mayors Against Illegal Guns and concerned North Carolinians
Where: Freedom Park, 1500 Princeton Avenue, Charlotte
When: Friday, May 10, 3:15 PM
Winston Salem
What: Mother’s Day Rally against Gun Violence and Petition Delivery
Who: Brandon Dandy, who lost his brother to gun violence; Mayors Against Illegal Guns and concerned North Carolinians
Where: Senator Burr’s Winston Salem Office: 2000 West First Street, Winston Salem, NC
When: Friday, May 11, 2 PM
Durham
What: Mother’s Day Rally Against Gun Violence
Who: Kaaren Haldeman of Moms Demand Action; Joslin Simms, who lost her son Rayburn eight years ago to gun violence; Yolanda Bagley, who lost her son Jelani four months ago to gun violence; Brenda James, who lost her son Randolph five years ago to gun violence
Where: Sister Cities Grove at Durham Central Park, next to the Durham Farmer’s Market at 501 Foster St, Durham, NC
When: Saturday, May 11, 11:30 AM
NEVADA
Las Vegas
What: Mothers and children deliver Mother’s Day Cards to Senator Heller
Who: Local activist and concerned mother of four Leisa Moseley, Mayors Against Illegal Guns and concerned citizens
Where: Lloyd D. George Federal Building, 333 Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas
When: Friday, May 10 at 4 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua
What: Mothers and children deliver Mother’s Day cards to Senator Ayotte’s Nashua office
Who: Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Granite State Progress and concerned Granite Staters
Where: Senator Ayotte’s Nashua Office: 1444 Main Street, Nashua
When: Friday, May 10 at 12:00 PM
OHIO
Cleveland
What: Moms Demand Action Mother’s Day Walk and Rally Against Gun Violence
Who: Cleveland lead for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America Jane Burgett; Pastor Kristine Eggert, Disciples Christian Church; Christina Antenucci, MD, Doctors for Healthcare Solutions; Mayors Against Illegal Guns and concerned citizens
When: Friday, May 10 – 11:00AM
Where: Public Square, Corner of Ontario St. and West Superior Ave, Cleveland
Columbus
What: Mother’s Day Rally Against Gun Violence
Who: Mother of gun violence victim Felicia Saunders, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, Mayors Against Illegal Guns and concerned citizens
When: Friday, May 10 at 4:30 PM
Where: Worthington Village Green: corners of SR 161 and High St, Columbus
PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh
What: Mother’s Day Rally Against Gun Violence
Who: Marsha Grayson, mother of Honor Student Jeron Grayson who murdered while home on Spring Break; Ms. Sharon Fields of Healing Wounds Family Support Group; Reggie Roberts of Ceasefire-PA, State Rep. Ed Gainey and Mayors Against Illegal Guns
When: Saturday, May 11, 11:00 AM
Where: Rodman Street Baptist Church, 6111 Rodman Street, Pittsburgh
Americans for Responsible Solutions, the grassroots movement led by Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, has launched an “accountability campaign” that focuses on Senator McConnell of Kentucky and Senator Ayotte of New Hampshire:
ARS, founded by Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly, will begin airing radio ads today in Kentucky and New Hampshire, highlighting Senator Mitch McConnell and Senator Kelly Ayotte’s vote against this sensible solution to keeping our families safe from gun violence.
The ads highlight McConnell and Ayotte’s putting loyalty to the special interest gun lobby in Washington instead of supporting wildly popular sensible policies that would keep their communities safer. In Kentucky, 82 percent of people support background checks; in New Hampshire, 89 percent of residents support them.
Transcripts:
“Ignored – Ayotte”
Woman 1: Remember that ad Kelly Ayotte ran saying she’s one of us.
Woman 2: Oh, where she’s out for a run?
Woman 1: (SFX: Newspaper rustling) Yeah. Well, it sure didn’t take long for her to “go Washington.” Says here Ayotte voted against improving background checks to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.
Woman 2: Are you serious? 89 percent of the people in New Hampshire support universal background checks. She just ignored us?
Woman 1: Sure did. This was common sense legislation written by a Republican and a Democrat. Supported by law enforcement. And it protected Second Amendment rights. But Ayotte voted against it anyway.
Woman 2: And ignored the will of the people.
Woman 1: Well, I’m calling Senator Ayotte and telling her to listen to the people for a change. You should too. The number is202-224-3324.
Woman 2: Paid for by Americans for Responsible Solutions.
*********
“LISTEN”
(Montage of News clips from Newtown of the shooting).
Announcer: We watched. We listened. We felt it. Newtown.
But Senator McConnell won’t listen to us.
Eighty-two percent of Kentuckians support universal background checks.
But Senator McConnell voted against them.
McConnell opposed common sense checks to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.
Written by a Republican and a Democrat. Supported by law enforcement officers. It was a common sense plan that protected Second Amendment Rights.
But Senator McConnell ignored the will of the people. Making our children and our families less save…. And putting the Washington special interests ahead of Kentucky… AGAIN.
Call Senator McConnell at 202-224-2541. And tell him to start listening to us, for a change.
Paid for by Americans for Responsible Solutions.
And HuffPo is reporting that Ayotte’s approval ratings have dropped sharply since her no vote on background checks. The gun safety issue is not going away, despite misinformation to the contrary being spread by those on the right:
A new poll has New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R) down a total of 15 points from her previous approval rating in a survey that followed her vote against requiring background checks for firearms purchases.
Ayotte’s plunge underscores the changing politics around gun control and gun safety. In years past, lawmakers worried that a vote for gun control would bring the anger of the National Rifle Association. In the new reality, votes against gun control also carry a political risk, as the Ayotte poll indicates.
“Some people could make the argument that a lot of people like being in abusive relationships. It’s a love-hate relationship. It’s very, very common for people to stick around with somebody they love who also abuses him or her. Is the solution to those kind of dysfunctional relationships going to be more government, another law? I’d say no. People are always free to leave.”
During a debate on domestic violence prevention laws, NH State Representative and Free Stater Mark Warden (R-Goffstown) told fellow House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee members that a lot of people “like being in abusive relationships” and “are always free to leave”.
Granite State Progress is calling on Rep. Warden to publicly apologize to victims of domestic violence and their families for these outrageous remarks. Executive Director Zandra Rice Hawkins: “Rep. Warden either has a complete lack of understanding about the very real and life-threatening situations that victims of domestic violence experience, or he is utterly cold. His belief that the victim is to blame is beyond comprehension. The year is 2013, not 1963.“
For more on this and other issues, visit www.GraniteStateProgress.org
Those statements are so offensive to those of us who have been in abusive relationships that I have to choose my words carefully here. Most of what I want to say is unprintable.
He clearly has no concept of the power abusers can have over the abused, nor how much control they feel they have to exert for their own sick needs. It should be very obvious that nobody “likes” being abused, and it can be extremely difficult to extricate oneself from any relationship, let alone a dysfunctional one.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to find a way to lower the abrupt rise in my blood pressure.
Via Mansur Gidfar at Upworthy, we have a 2011 video of a very oblivious Willard M. Romney talking marriage equality (or in Mitt’s case, inequality) with a no-longer undecided Vietnam War veteran. And it all played out for the cameras at a New Hampshire photo op-gone-wrong. See, the vet was a gay newlywed who believes in things like, you know, equal rights.
Bob Garon asked Romney if he supported the repeal of the New Hampshire same-sex marriage law. He didn’t think Willard’s answer was satisfactory. Some excerpts:
“Ohhh, I guess the question was too hot.”
“I also learned something in New Hampshire is right. You have to look a man in the eye to get a good answer. And you know what, Governor? Good luck.”
“He’s not getting my vote. He told me that I’m not entitled to constitutional rights. I think a man and a woman and a man and a man should be treated equal! What the hell’s the difference?”
“I was undecided, but I’m totally convinced today that he’s not gonna be my president!”
“Take your ‘No way, Jose’ back to Massachusetts.”
Q: Why do you feel so strongly about that?
Bob Garon:
“Because I’m gay! Alright? And I happen to love a man just like you probably love your wife!”
“I went and I fought for my country … and I think my spouse should be entitled to the same entitlements as if I was married to a woman. What the hell’s the difference?!… Absolutely I was definitely offended!”
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