{"id":455085,"date":"2022-05-30T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/wh-officials-top-gopers-avoid-press-after-texas-school-shooting\/"},"modified":"2022-05-30T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T14:09:00","slug":"wh-officials-top-gopers-avoid-press-after-texas-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wh-officials-top-gopers-avoid-press-after-texas-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"#WH officials, top GOPers avoid press after Texas school shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a240958305b7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a240958305b7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wh-officials-top-gopers-avoid-press-after-texas-school-shooting\/#%E2%80%9CWH_officials_top_GOPers_avoid_press_after_Texas_school_shooting%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;WH officials, top GOPers avoid press after Texas school shooting&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWH_officials_top_GOPers_avoid_press_after_Texas_school_shooting%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;WH officials, top GOPers avoid press after Texas school shooting&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Biden administration officials and prominent Republicans turned down requests from Sunday morning <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> shows to talk about potential gun control measures this weekend amid renewed calls for Congress to take action in the wake of two horrific mass shootings in Texas and Buffalo that killed 31 people. <\/p>\n<p>On CBS, \u201cFace the Nation\u201d host Margaret Brennan said the White House declined the show\u2019s invitation to have a member of the administration <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear on the grounds that they \u201cwere leaving it up to Congress to act.\u200b\u201d\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p>A White House spokesman disputed what they called Brennan\u2019s \u201ccharacterization.\u201d\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u201dGiven the President\u2019s visit to Uvalde, the White House broadcast team chose to speak with one voice this Sunday \u2013 that voice was the president\u2019s\u200b,\u201d Michael Gwin said in a statement to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/\u200bhttps:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/administration\/3505537-white-house-officials-senate-republicans-decline-sunday-news-show-appearances-to-talk-texas-school-shooting\/\">The Hill.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re using every tool at our disposal to save lives from gun violence, and the\u00a0\u200bp\u200bresident is using the full weight of his bully pulpit to press for change, but we can\u2019t do it alone, Congress needs to act,\u201d\u00a0\u200bhe said.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/\u200bwww.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-booker-we-know-what-works-to-prevent-gun-violence-but-there-is-no-progress-141060677782\">Chuck Todd,<\/a> the moderator of NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d said all 50 Republican senators had turned down an invitation to appear opposite Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe asked each of the Senate\u2019s 50 Republicans, every single one of them, to join us and none agreed on this weekend,\u201d Todd said while introducing the lawmaker.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/margaret-brennan-face-the-nation.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Margaret Brennan.\" class=\"wp-image-22461075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/margaret-brennan-face-the-nation.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/margaret-brennan-face-the-nation.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/margaret-brennan-face-the-nation.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cFace the Nation\u201d host Margaret Brennan said the White House declined the show\u2019s invitation because they \u201cwere leaving it up to Congress to act.\u200b\u201d\u200b\u200b<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Michele Crowe\/CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/sotu\/date\/2022-05-29\/segment\/01\u200b\">Dana Bash<\/a>, who anchored CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d from Uvalde, Texas \u2014 where 19 students and two teachers were murdered at Robb Elementary School \u2014 said the show reached out to the White House \u201cbut no one was made available.\u201d\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p>She also said Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and the Lone Star State\u2019s two GOP senators \u2013 Ted Cruz and John Cornyn \u2013 also declined to appear.\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n<p>A Fox News spokesperson told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/\u200bhttps:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/white-house-officials-declined-interview-requests-from-sunday-news-shows-to-discuss-uvalde-mass-shooting-leaving-it-up-to-congress-to-act\/\">Mediaite<\/a> that the White House also turned down interview requests from \u201cFox News Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/dana-bash-cnn-sotu-uvalde.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Dana Bash.\" class=\"wp-image-22461063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/dana-bash-cnn-sotu-uvalde.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/dana-bash-cnn-sotu-uvalde.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/dana-bash-cnn-sotu-uvalde.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cState of the Union\u201d anchor Dana Bash said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn declined to appear on the show.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CNN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A number of GOP members of Congress did make appearances on the Sunday shows \u2013 including Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois on CNN and CBS, Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas on CNN, Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama on \u201cFox News Sunday,\u201d and Rep. Beth van Duyne of Texas on Fox News\u2019 \u201cSunday Morning Futures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Building anger and frustration over the Robb Elementary shooting boiled over Sunday during a visit to Uvalde by President Biden, first lady Jill Biden and Abbott.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the Republican governor arrived at the school where a memorial had been erected for the 21 victims, mourners heckled him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/joe-biden-uvalde-school-shooting.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School.\" class=\"wp-image-22461111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/joe-biden-uvalde-school-shooting.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/joe-biden-uvalde-school-shooting.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/joe-biden-uvalde-school-shooting.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited a memorial at Robb Elementary School on Sunday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Evan Vucci\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAbbott is a son of a b\u2014h,\u201d said Aracely Villalpando, 59, of Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s awful \u2014 he\u2019s not doing anything about gun laws and wants everyone to own a gun,\u201d she said. \u201cA lot of people like guns, and that\u2019s OK, but how can you sell a military rifle to the public?\u201d\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Later Sunday, as the president was leaving \u200ba service for the victims at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde, onlookers called on him to \u201cdo something.\u201d\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will,\u201d he replied.\u00a0\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p>The shooting in Uvalde was carried out by Salvador Ramos, 18, who used an AR-15-style military assault rifle, the same type of weapon Payton Gendron, also 18, wielded during his rampage May 14 at a Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo that killed 10 people.\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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