California Congressman Ted Lieu walks out of moment of silence on the House floor to protest their do nothing approach to mass shootings. Sarah Palin smells blood in the water.

Courtesy of Raw Story:

“I am heartbroken about the children and adults that were killed in the worst mass shooting in Texas history this Sunday," Lieu said. "My colleagues right now are doing a moment of silence in the House of Representatives chambers. I respect their right to do that, and I myself have participated in many of them, but I can’t do this again. I’ve been to too many moments of silence." 

At least 26 people were killed at the church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Sunday after a gunman opened fire. Lieu said since he has been a congressman, three of the worst mass shootings in United States history have occurred. 

“I will not be silent,” he said. “What we need, is we need action, we need to pass gun safety legislation now.”

When I first read about this yesterday, which I consider an act of courage by the way, I knew that Lieu was going to be dinged by the conservatives.

And when it comes to dings, who better to provide those than the former head conservative dingbat herself?

What a disgrace.

This Rep. should be ashamed of himself. You're a member of Congress, for crying out loud. https://t.co/1NMTFo1Bc4

— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) November 7, 2017

Oh my God, can you smell the indignation?

This is low hanging fruit for Palin so of course she is going to chime in.

Of course the translation of this tweet is "Please, please will somebody please pay attention to me? I use to BE somebody in this country, and now nobody even bothers to mock me anymore."

Rep. Lieu is a nice man, so he took a little time to give Palin a few nanoseconds of relevance.

Dear @SarahPalinUSA: Feel free to call me names because I'm cool like that. But I will keep fighting for gun safety. Unlike you I don't quit https://t.co/aUral2ohJz

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) November 7, 2017

By mocking her.

There you go Sarah. Now you can relax knowing that a sitting member of Congress cares enough to ridicule you for criticizing him.

Now that we have that our of the way let me just say that Rep. Lieu is exactly right.

Congress does NOT need yet another fucking moment of silence, or another fucking call for our prayers.

What they need to do is flip the NRA the bird and tell them that they can keep their campaign donations because the American people are dying in the streets by the hundreds and it is the job of Congress to protect them. 

Anti-abortion protestors interrupt moment of silence for deceased member of Unitarian church. So Christian of them.

Flip Benham director of Operation Save America.

Courtesy of Think Progress: 

Hundreds of anti-choice activists are currently congregating in New Orleans to stage protests against abortion around the city, an event that’s expected to last all week long. So far, tensions have come to a head in an unexpected place: the sanctuary of a church, where abortion opponents interrupted a service to tell congregants that they don’t have a “true faith” because their denomination supports reproductive rights. 

This week’s protests are being spearheaded by the national anti-abortion group Operation Save America, which used to go by the name Operation Rescue National. That far-right organization, frequently criticized for its “militant” tactics, is perhaps best known for being tied to Dr. George Tiller’s assassination. And on Sunday, as part of its week long protest in Louisiana, group members decided to take their message straight to the First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans. 

As the Uptown Messenger reports, anti-abortion activists interrupted worship at the church — specifically, disrupting a moment of silence for a church member who recently passed away — to declare that this particular church isn’t a “true faith” and tell the service attendees to “repent.” Operation Save America’s opinion about the First Unitarian Universalist Church is made clear on its website, which refers to the “church” and its “pastor” in scare quotes and calls it a “synagogue of Satan.”

Apparently this Flip Benham character is the father of the two homophobic twins who lost their reality show for their hateful comments recently.

So I have to ask once again, do ANY of these people ever read the New Testament?

As much as I disagree with Christianity, I simply cannot imagine the Jesus of the Bible being cool with this.