
Paul Ryan speaks to CNN (screen grab)
Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) got lambasted online Sunday after he posted on Twitter that Sutherland Springs -- the Texas community shattered by a mass shooting at its First Baptist Church -- "needs our prayers."
Reports out of Texas are devastating. The people of Sutherland Springs need our prayers right now.— Paul Ryan (@Paul Ryan) 1509913249.0
Given the Republican party's unrelenting need to kowtow to the National Rifle Association (NRA) and its pathological aversion to any form of gun safety regulations, many people were unimpressed with Ryan's sentiment.
@SpeakerRyan On a day like this, remember you get bribed by the @NRA to do nothing about gun regulation— Leigh Ellis (@Leigh Ellis) 1509913421.0
There were plenty of prayers in the church where 27 people were gunned down today. What we need is gun control, you… https://t.co/rUEeBhx3iJ— Lauren Duca (@Lauren Duca) 1509916840.0
@SpeakerRyan https://t.co/xutgwMBnYo— Jonathan Stewart (@Jonathan Stewart) 1509920234.0
@SpeakerRyan Or something helpful, like gun control.— kate “thanksgiving name” burning (@kate “thanksgiving name” burning) 1509920232.0
@SpeakerRyan The people in Sutherland Springs WERE SAYING THEIR PRAYERS! And THEY WERE KILLED during prayer! Is it… https://t.co/cHoHoHrm5X— Isabel (@Isabel) 1509920229.0
No. We Need #GunControl Now. Not #TaxCuts or your #FakePrayers @SpeakerRyan https://t.co/8T19kNx7Ym— kathleenn (@kathleenn) 1509920225.0
@SpeakerRyan No, they need u to do something. You are complicit.— bluelakes (@bluelakes) 1509920222.0