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W/ GOP on recess, we (the constituents!) can go to district offices & ask why members thought gun debate wasn't pressing enough to stay inDC
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(@igorvolsky) June 23, 2016Lots of people tweeting me to ask what they can do to help #NoBillNoBreak besides just calling offices. Try this! twitter.com/igorvolsky/sta…
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"Since the beginning of this year, there have been 136 mass shootings" - Rep. @GKButterfield
@SpeakerRyan thinks this is a political stunt
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(@igorvolsky) June 23, 2016I'm going to Re-Tweet some of the mentions on @SpeakerRyan's tweet calling Dems' gun sit-in a "political stunt." They're amazing....
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(@igorvolsky) June 23, 2016****
@SpeakerRyan delete your account.
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Seth Bloom (@Sconnieseth) June 22, 2016@SpeakerRyan vote again to repeal Obamacare while 30,000 Americans die this year because of your inaction
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Andrew Strauss (@straussanator) June 22, 2016****
"When Americans are laying in pools of blood, day in and day out, that is a time for moral clarity."
cc @SpeakerRyan
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(@igorvolsky) June 23, 2016****
A five-year-old sleeping in her bedroom was shot in the head by the gunfire. cc @SpeakerRyan
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(@igorvolsky) June 23, 2016A toddler was shot late Tuesday night in southeast Fresno, and early the next morning 20-month-old Rashad Halford Jr. died cc @SpeakerRyan
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(@igorvolsky) June 23, 2016****
A child was shot in the head & killed. Police have identified him as 9-year-old Anthony Harmon, Jr. bit.ly/28W6qKB cc @SpeakerRyan
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(@igorvolsky) June 23, 2016Bronx mother of three gunned down protecting her kids during park shooting nydn.us/1UcP9i1 cc @SpeakerRyan
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(@igorvolsky) June 23, 2016****
Child riding in the backseat of a vehicle died after getting caught up in a rolling gun battle bit.ly/28W6Twj cc @SpeakerRyan
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(@igorvolsky) June 23, 20167-year-old dies after getting shot while camping cbsloc.al/28OoXKC cc @SpeakerRyan #notastunt
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(@igorvolsky) June 23, 2016****
4-year-old boy died after being shot in the head in a small town in northeast Iowa bit.ly/28OoTKP cc @SpeakerRyan #notastunt
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(@igorvolsky) June 23, 201611-year-old boy shot dead by 10-year-old in Roanoke bit.ly/28Op0Wx cc @SpeakerRyan #notastunt
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(@igorvolsky) June 23, 2016****
9-year-old girl who was struck by errant bullet in home dies in Milwaukee cc @SpeakerRyan #notastunt bit.ly/28OpxYO
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(@igorvolsky) June 23, 2016Child shot in the head in domestic dispute on.thec-l.com/28WaMBA cc @SpeakerRyan #notastunt
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(@igorvolsky) June 23, 2016This is what @repjohnlewis endured to vote. He's not afraid of GOP turning off cameras or lights #NoBillNoBreak https://t.co/C4EpAqJQHe
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) June 23, 2016John Lewis staging a sit-in Nashville in the 1960s v John Lewis staging a sit-in in Washington in 2016 https://t.co/w2EoTG7fWj
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georgia (@normanisreyes) June 22, 2016****
11:45AM: President Obama meets with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
2:55PM: President Obama departs the White House
8:30PM: President Obama arrives in San Jose, California
9:05PM: President Obama arrives in San Francisco, California where he will remain overnight
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Retweet this picture to tell @SpeakerRyan that @repjohnlewis doesn't need a lecture about sit-ins! #NoBillNoBreak https://t.co/Tj4SR39zjG
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Guy Cecil (@guycecil) June 22, 2016Publicity stunt for standing against gun violence? Here's American hero @repjohnlewis. #NoBillNoBreak https://t.co/nB4YxXgkCn
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David Simas (@Simas44) June 23, 2016Dem members chanting, holding signs with names of individual victims of gun violence https://t.co/LX0qK1MNoG
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Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 23, 2016A version of "We Shall Overcome" is sung on the House floor CNN.it/go cnn.it/28NtGL5
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(@CNN) June 23, 2016****
From a Republican colleague of mine as he walked off the floor: "We're going to have a drink and a cigar. Enjoy your protest." Really.
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Rep. Ted Deutch (@RepTedDeutch) June 23, 2016The optics of this are amazing. The GOP is literally doing the will of the big banks while Dems are begging for action on guns.
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Jason Karsh (@jkarsh) June 23, 2016****
Wow-- HUGE crowd outside the House chamber shouting "do your job!" Had no idea they were here. https://t.co/vi721RotYu
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Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) June 23, 2016GOPers leaving the House are greeted by protesters booing at them. "Your approval rating is 9%!" "Asshole!" Bad pic: https://t.co/QQhyuZWzU0
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Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) June 23, 2016****
Scene outside the House door of the Capitol #NoBillNoBreak https://t.co/rqRzUtZvaX
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Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) June 23, 2016I'm in tears, I've thought long & hard about gun control. Let me just say the #NoBillNoBreak sit in, is amazing! https://t.co/ehOEL1oCuJ
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Jerome Trammel (@MrJeromeTrammel) June 23, 2016We cannot give up or give in or give out. We must keep our eyes on the prize. #goodtrouble #NoBillNoBreak twitter.com/RepMcGovern/st…
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 23, 2016VIDEO: The @HouseDemocrats staged a live sit-in to address gun control measures and gun violence bit.ly/28NrpOL #NoBillNoBreak
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(@Newsweek) June 22, 2016****
Rep @clyburn asks House Dems to read sections from Martin Luther King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" when they continue sit-in tonight
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(@igorvolsky) June 23, 2016Here's another famous "publicity stunt," per @SpeakerRyan. Anyone hungry for a history lesson? #NoBillNoBreak https://t.co/NJ9nESGA8G
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Mark Benson (@WaysideWriter) June 22, 2016****
Remember this? Washing PRE-washed dishes at a soup kitchen is a REAL publicity stunt, @SpeakerRyan. #NoBillNoBreak https://t.co/M08nKiJmOv
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Mark Benson (@WaysideWriter) June 22, 2016GOP, June:
✔️nominate a racist
✔️ pray for obama's death
✔️ declare Tubman on $20 as "sexist"
✔️ block gun control after worst mass shooting
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Adam Khan (@Khanoisseur) June 22, 2016****
9 people in church
12 people in movie theater
14 people at office party
20 elementary school kids
49 people in gay nightclub
#NoBillNoBreak
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 23, 2016When Republicans shut down the Government, it's Patriotism. When Democrats conduct a Sit-In, it's a stunt. 🙄 @SpeakerRyan #NoBillNoBreak
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Benny (@BRios82) June 23, 2016****
Read @GabbyGiffords' letter to Congress: bit.ly/28V6HxD #NoBillNoBreak #Enough https://t.co/TSF8Y9nMuT
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The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) June 23, 2016"By sitting down, by sitting in, you're standing up! We have the right to protest for what is right." -- @repjohnlewis at #NoBillNoBreak
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(@igorvolsky) June 22, 2016****
This is powerful. Rep. Duckworth who lost both legs got out of her wheelchair to join the sit-in. #NoBillNoBreak https://t.co/JHnZlXDoVR
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Adam J. Smith (@AdamSmith_usa) June 22, 2016Know what's a publicity stunt, @SpeakerRyan? Washing clean pots in a soup kitchen for the cameras. #NoBillNoBreak https://t.co/YGFL2Xp3R2
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Zanti Misfit (@ZantiMisft) June 22, 2016****
POTUS on board with #NoBillNoBreak twitter.com/POTUS/status/7…
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 22, 2016113 people are killed or injured every day by gun violence in US. #Enough #NoBillNoBreak https://t.co/lyrGgqV8n7
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David Simas (@Simas44) June 22, 2016****
Protesters have gathered at the US Capital to #DisarmHate and are chanting #NoBillNoBreak https://t.co/KmkZN4552e
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Aaron Black (@BlackCatUnloads) June 23, 2016House Gallery packed with spectators, like the state of the union. And over 2 dozen members of the press. https://t.co/kyien9TEIy
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Earl Blumenauer (@repblumenauer) June 22, 2016While Democrats are holding a sit-in to demand votes on gun violence bills, THIS is happening in Washington state https://t.co/Ym1GWC5OtT
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(@igorvolsky) June 22, 2016****
Sometimes you have to get in the way. You have to make some noise by speaking up and speaking out against injustice & inaction #goodtrouble
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016What is the tipping point? How many more mothers? How many more fathers need to shed tears of grief, before we do something? #goodtrouble
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016****
What is the tipping point? How many more mothers? How many more fathers need to shed tears of grief, before we do something? #goodtrouble
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016We have to disturb the order of things to build a world at peace with itself #goodtrouble twitter.com/repdonnaedward…
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016****
We are one people, one family, one America. We must come together to fight the senseless plague of gun violence. twitter.com/RepJohnYarmuth…
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016The time is always right to do right. Our time is now. #goodtrouble #NOMORESILENCE https://t.co/BYeDz9c8VF
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016****
We must be headlights, not taillights. We can't continue to stick our heads in the sand & ignore the reality of mass gun violence.
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016My colleagues & I have had enough. We are sitting-in on the House Floor until we get a vote to address gun violence. youtube.com/watch?v=EZq2F9…
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016****
From Newtown to Charleston... how long will it take for Congress to act? #NOMORESILENCE #goodtrouble https://t.co/uH4G5HCQc5
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016We have turned deaf ears to the blood of the innocent & the concern of our nation. We will use nonviolence to fight gun violence & inaction.
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016****
Act today for the victims of gun violence. Act today for their families. Act today for our nation who cries out for action.#holdthefloor
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016We are sitting-in so that our colleagues will stand up for the American people. #holdthefloor #goodtrouble twitter.com/RepEsty/status…
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016****
We have to ask who we are as a people. Are we a people of progress or a people of inaction? #holdthefloor https://t.co/I8IxD81FGb
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016Give us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job, we came here to work! The American people are demanding action. #holdthefloor
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016****
We have a mission, a mandate, and a moral obligation to speak up and speak out until the House votes to address gun violence #holdthefloor
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016Do we have the courage? Do we have raw courage to at least make a down payment on ending gun violence in America? #holdthefloor #goodtrouble
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016****
We've come too far to turn back now. #goodtrouble #holdthefloor #NoBillNoBreak twitter.com/dberrygannett/…
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John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 22, 2016"If we’re going to raise our kids in a safer, more loving world, we need to speak up for it." —@POTUS #NoBillNoBreak snpy.tv/28N7ErM
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 22, 2016****
All of the members of Congress participating in the sit-in for gun control thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/…
#NoBillNoBreak https://t.co/ks2DcD59Jg
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Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) June 22, 2016Thanks to supporters outside chanting #NoBillNoBreak. We hear you & we'll keep fighting for you https://t.co/Nxx2dSwoI5
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Rep. John Larson (@RepJohnLarson) June 22, 2016****
.@HouseGOP shut off cameras & have kept them off for 2 HOURS as Democrats continue sit-in over guns: bit.ly/28O5s2P
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(@igorvolsky) June 22, 2016While Dems hold sit-in over guns, @SpeakerRyan is advertising event about taking away health coverage from millions twitter.com/HouseGOP/statu…
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(@igorvolsky) June 22, 2016****
So sad that @cspan has to show periscope video of the Dem gun sit-in b/c @HouseGOP won't turn on the cameras https://t.co/iNdt9gI69M
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(@igorvolsky) June 22, 2016The RTCA Exec Cmte asked @SpeakerRyan for camera access to cover the Dem sit-in. The request was denied.
Read here: https://t.co/WSjKlqj8Rm
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Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) June 22, 2016****
The revolution will not be televised. But it will be on social media. #holdthefloor #NoBillNoBreak https://t.co/NHT2sJ6W2M
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Snarrky (@snarrky) June 22, 2016Just told by high ranking House Dem, "We're here all night." #NoBillNoBreak ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️
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Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) June 22, 2016
Obama White House.gov WH Tumblr The People’s View Smartypants Steve Benen