Fri
Mar 25 2022
09:46 am
By: bizgrrl
Why there are more than 1,000 body bags on the National Mall
"That phrase and those three words have been spoken so many times in recent years to the point that to anti-gun violence advocates, they simply mean “nothing. It’s all spectacle. It’s all BS. That’s all it is,” said David Hogg, a co-founder of the group March For Our Lives, which is behind the display."
The body bags spell out Thoughts and Prayers on the National Mall lawn.
I'm so proud of these young people from Parkland, FL, for pursuing gun safety. It is so sad that that so many Republicans are not listening to and appear to not care.
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