So this week, MTG decided to nominate Kyle Rittenhouse for the Congressional Gold Medal in H.R.6070. Kyle Rittenhouse, in case you’ve forgotten, left his state, acquired an AR-15, and then proceeded to a riot a state away that was already in progress allegedly in order to protect the property of a friend of his family. This led to the murders of 2 men and injury of a third. In the best case, this is vigilante justice. In the worse, he was looking for some liberals to kill. Either way, this hardly qualifies for the Congressional Gold Medal. For context, the first Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to George Washington in 1776. I don’t know about you, but I don’t think George Washington when I think of Kyle Rittenhouse. You can see the bill here, and read it closely. The language is precise and planned and intends to paint a picture that doesn’t take into account everything that transpired.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6070/text

Also, MTG is a co-sponsor of H.R.1095, which attempts to declare the AR-15 the “National Gun of the United States.” Ignoring that an AR-15 is a weapon and not a gun, what’s striking to the Right and Freedom host is that our taxpayer dollars were spent on her time authoring and pushing legislation that’s ornamental in nature and completely asinine on the face of it. America has never had, nor needed a national gun.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1095/cosponsors?s=3&r=4&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Barry+Moore%22%5D%7D

Five people dead, twenty-five injured by a gunman in body armor carrying a rifle modified from semi-automatic to automatic, as well as a pistol side-arm. You’d be forgiven if you don’t immediately know which mass shooting this refers to. Would it change things if I told you it was the United States? Oh, you already basically guessed that. What about if I told you that it was one of the shootings that have happened in the week previous to recording this podcast? Still unsure?

That’s because we have a violence problem in America. We have so many shootings that we don’t even know by these above details exactly which shooting I’m talking about. For the record, I’m talking about the Colorado Springs shooting that happend on Saturday November 19th. But it wasn’t just having a violent culture that brought this shooting about. It’s also an attack on LGBTQ+ community, like Pulse and like so many other crimes against marginalized (in this case, LGBTQ+ groups). Rhetoric has a price, and this is the price, especially in a nation like the United States.

End the rhetoric.

Save lives.

It matters who you vote for.

For reference: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/20/us/colorado-springs-shooting