GOP Official Wants To Stop 'Gun-Grabber' Mark Kelly 'Dead In His Tracks'
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GOP Official Wants To Stop 'Gun-Grabber' Mark Kelly 'Dead In His Tracks'
Sebastian Murdock, HuffPost 1 hour 28 minutes ago
A GOP official in Arizona sent out a fundraising email saying she would stop a Senate candidate whose wife is a former congresswoman and shooting survivor “dead in his tracks.”
“Support the Republican Party of Arizona today and, together, we’ll stop gun-grabber Mark Kelly dead in his tracks,” chairwoman of the Republican Party Kelli Ward said in a fundraising email Friday.
Kelly, a former astronaut, is running for a Senate seat against incumbent Republican Martha McSally. His wife, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was shot in the head during a mass shooting in 2011 that left six others dead.
Ward’s email cites a 2015 CNN interview in which Kelly argued that more guns make people less safe, Bloomberg reported. Ward, a strong supporter of President Donald Trump and the NRA, made news earlier this year when it was revealed she enlisted the help of a volunteer who had posted racist messages on social media, AZ Central reported.
Ward did not immediately respond to a request for comment from HuffPost.
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I'll second that she's a nasty bitch. I get what she is doing, but she could have worded it better. Her words are akin to death wishing Mark Kelly.
What is with gop women, are they brainless twits with limited vocabulary.
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She didn't speak artfully...............and on a side note, why do people always ALWAYS take the worst of a comment and twist it so hard. Gotta be a victim right "friends". 15 of your favorites............
" But the level of vitriol and violent rhetoric against now-President Trump has increased substantially in recent weeks, from comedian Kathy Griffin’s now-famous shock “beheading” photograph to Shakespeare in the Park’s not-at-all-subtle “assassination” of Trump on a stage in New York City’s Central Park. "
And spare me the but, but, but Brietbart and dispute the actual "events".
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I fully respect Captain Kelly for his military achievements as a Naval Aviator and the Astronaut Program. I do not however share his political views. By the same token, I cannot stand Kelly Ward's politics either. She was raised a spoiled entitled rich kid physician from the Scottsdale area next to Phoenix, AZ. A majority of the people in the Phoenix area and the state cannot stand her.
Thank you for staying on the topic Ed.
No Class whatsoever, no matter how you slice it.
Gabby Giffords and candidate husband, have lived through a very near death living hell, and her husband being singled out with those words included in fundraiser are beneath ANY worthy candidate option.
“Support the Republican Party of Arizona today and, together, we’ll stop gun-grabber Mark Kelly dead in his tracks,” chairwoman of the Republican Party Kelli Ward said in a fundraising email Friday."
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WTF people ? F U Can't C A Problem here, U most likely R part of said problem !
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I don't want my guns taken away, but this is ridiculous ! just my oh so humble opine
I don't know anything about the lady who said this, but it is a pretty common turn of phrase. I have heard it many many times and not once did I think it sounded like some kind of threat or inappropriate reference. This language is particularly common in political speech. It seems very political to get too terribly bent out of shape over this.
if your wife were SHOT IN THE HEAD, and your opponent says you, the GUN GRABBER, you'll be stopped dead in your tracks.
how do you think your wife, who is permanently disfigured and handicapped due to being ALMOST SHOT DEAD IN HER TRACKS, would feel ??
Really? Do you see Kelly whining about it?
He's smart enough to leave it hang in the wind.....for now.
nothing he can say will make Ward look any less callous.
Or mature/rational enough.
Oh come on, it's like a President making a consolation call to the widow of an American hero killed overseas and he says, " but hey, he knew what he was signing up for" ( paraphrasing), like it was the soldiers fault or expectation to die in the line of duty.
The comment " dead in his tracks" to Kelly was ill conceived and "unfortunate" due to Arizona's very keen awareness of the Gifford - Kelly history in Arizona politics.
Common or not, Ward was ill advised to use this in a public statement.
Joking about death & bloody politics is inappropriate any time.
No, it's actually not "like" whatever apocalyptic scenario you want to imagine. It's a common metaphor. Have you seriously never heard it before?
It used to be. Especially among police describing perps.
Ward's use to the Kelly/Giffard family is just as Ed said, more evidence of a socially insensitive person with a BS, MD and PHD who has no business in politics. imho.
As far as Kelli Ward, failed US Senate candidate; She would have been much more 'adult like' had she not attacked Mark Kelly in such a manner and simply explained to everybody just exactly what her positions are on weapons and why she believes her positions are the best way for Americans.
Ward obviously is unable to cogently explain her positions. To attack and instill fear and suspicion only proves she unlearned on consequences many people fell on this issue.
I am a Vietnam veteran. Personally I do not believe my neighbors or myself have any need what-so-ever for a weapon like the M-16 I was issued in that war so many years ago. I have weapons. Pistols. Shotguns. Rifles. Bows. Swords. Spears. Knives. I am fine with that.
She also flagrantly plagiarized a Mitt Romney ad during her campaign against John McCain.
She also has ties to Bannon and Breitbart and has appeared on Info Wars with Alex Jones.
Mitch McConnell's PAC nick named her "Chemtrail Kelli" because of her conspiracy theory beliefs...
Gee, if Mitch doesn't want you on his team, why bother...
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