The DCCC is a flawed organization with misplaced priorities and misspent resources. But this article this morning in the Huff Post really rankles me.
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The morning after the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas, a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s press staff warned House candidates and their staffs not to “politicize” the shooting that day. Politicization, according to the DCCC official, included talking about gun violence prevention policy.
“You and your candidate will be understandably outraged and upset, as will your community. However, DO NOT POLITICIZE IT TODAY,” DCCC regional press secretary Evan Lukaske wrote to candidates in the Northeast. “There will be time for politics and policy discussion, but any message today should be on offering thoughts/prayers for victims and their families, and thanking 1st responders who saved lives.”
That’s right, people. The best response to mass killings is “thoughts and prayers.”
The email came from Evan Lukaske, a DCCC regional press secretary.
Thank Goddess for outspoken High School students. If it had not been for those articulate teenagers, the “professionals” at the DCCC would be promoting NRA talking points.