We call mainstream media outlets the ‘garbage media’ for a reason and this is a perfect example of why.
Just watch:
Texas Rep. James White (R) told @CNN that we need to look at how we can improve our mental health system and CNN host @VictorBlackwell said "what evidence is there that there is a mental health issue here?"
Is someone committing mass murder not enough evidence for you Victor?!?! pic.twitter.com/8nEj1APmUA
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) May 25, 2022
The shooter was a freaking psychopath, gunning down elementary school children who can’t defend themselves. How is the very act of this massacre not evidence of mental illness?!? How is he not obviously deranged?!?
But what gets me is that why the host asked the question. I know the clip cuts off, but here’s the fuller transcript:
WHITE: Well, thank you for that question. And let me tell you why we will not — have not taken that approach, consistent with the legislation you brought up, as it relates to innocent unborn life in the womb, is because we have this thing called the Constitution. OK? And what we really need to be looking at is, whether it’s in Buffalo, whether it’s in Uvalde, is these young men for some reason that have some very disturbed emotional state. We need to look at our mental health system and how we get —
BLACKWELL: What evidence is there that there is a mental health issue here, sir? We heard the same thing from the governor. We heard it from several elected officials. The governor has said there is no known connection to mental health illness. The statement from the NRA. You have a 92% rating from the NRA, you’re a lifetime member. They say that this was the act of a lone, deranged criminal. There’s no evidence that he was deranged. It was no evidence that there was mental illness.
WHITE: Well, well, look, “deranged” is a is a state of mental health, OK. So, look, we’re going to look at everything, Victor. All right. But at the end of the day —
BLACKWELL: Are you going to look at the guns?
WHITE: Yes. We’re going to look — we always look at the look at the firearms. But at the end of the day, we’re going to look at the people who do these acts. We’re going to convict them and we’re going to punish them.
That last question from the host, “are you going to look at the guns,” is what these CNN hosts are really about. They don’t care about mental illness any longer. They want to take our guns and they are going to push as hard as they can for it.
Check out how hostile these news hosts are to this conservative state rep as the interview continues:
WHITE: Yes. We’re going to look — we always look at the look at the firearms. But at the end of the day, we’re going to look at the people who do these acts. We’re going to convict them and we’re going to punish them.
CAMEROTA: You can’t convict him, sir. Sir, you can’t convict him. He was killed.
BLACKWELL: Yeah, because he’s dead.
WHITE: OK.
CAMEROTA: He was killed along with 19 children in the school behind me. And so why don’t we hear you saying that there is some nexus between mental health and gun purchases? It seems as though you could do something at the point of purchase where maybe you could do a little bit more intervention or ask some more questions. Because, again, we’ve seen you do this recently with the abortion legislation.
Camerota and Blackwell are nothing but a-holes here, trying to make this conservative state rep look as stupid as they possibly can. And it’s so idiotic because he clearly wasn’t referring to this one shooter specifically.
And Camerota’s comparison with abortion is absolutely moronic. Abortion itself is the act of murder, and she’s essentially comparing that to the purchase of a gun. It’s incredibly stupid because restricting or outlawing abortions actually save lives. And guess what? So do 99% of gun purchases!
These people are the absolute worst.