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malaise

(269,054 posts)
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 07:16 PM Feb 2020

So the divisive cretin King Con met with select parents from Parkland today

Two families were not invited. Guess who!

I detest that nasty piece of shit

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/fred-guttenberg-not-among-parkland-parents-invited-to-white-house-event-monday/2189146/

Fred Guttenberg Not Among Parkland Parents Invited to White House Event Monday

Several parents who lost a loved one in the tragic shooting inside a Parkland school will attend a White House event on Monday – with one notable member of that group not getting an invite to attend.

Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jamie was among the 17 victims of the shooting inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018, tweeted that he was not invited to the ceremony for the event involving President Trump.


Guttenberg made headlines last week when he was escorted out of the State of the Union address after yelling at the President following remarks about gun violence. He later apologized for the outburst.

“I love the families and do not want to interfere,” Guttenberg said in a message to the Miami Herald. “My issue is only with the way the [White House] put out its public schedule.”

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So the divisive cretin King Con met with select parents from Parkland today (Original Post) malaise Feb 2020 OP
WHY would anyone accept an invitation from him Skittles Feb 2020 #1
Agree malaise Feb 2020 #3
Campaign tactic. He won't have to fight Parkland activists if blm Feb 2020 #6
My exact thought. phylny Feb 2020 #10
The "several" who were invited should back off and not show-- this is an insult... TreasonousBastard Feb 2020 #2
It was today and they attended malaise Feb 2020 #4
Ugh. blm Feb 2020 #5
+1 Blue_Tires Feb 2020 #11
Grotesque and sick Leghorn21 Feb 2020 #7
✔️ blm Feb 2020 #8
Saw another parent on local 10 - he wasn't invited either malaise Feb 2020 #9

blm

(113,065 posts)
6. Campaign tactic. He won't have to fight Parkland activists if
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 07:23 PM
Feb 2020

he can co-opt some in families of other victims to do it for him.


phylny

(8,380 posts)
10. My exact thought.
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 07:29 PM
Feb 2020

I would decline the invitation unless everyone was invited. Then, I would decline on principle.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
2. The "several" who were invited should back off and not show-- this is an insult...
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 07:18 PM
Feb 2020

to all Parkland victims.

blm

(113,065 posts)
5. Ugh.
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 07:20 PM
Feb 2020

I thought surviving the Bush years was tough. This is like being trapped in a horror movie.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
7. Grotesque and sick
Mon Feb 10, 2020, 07:24 PM
Feb 2020

Mr. Guttenberg, you probably have a better take on this cretin than a lot of us do, but we sure are sorry

And the other families...yeah, I have nothing to say

JAMIE

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