Moms Demand Action Illinois are licking their wounds today after the drubbing they took in Illinois – and the total disaster they experienced at the national level.
Gun rights won nationally, and here in Illinois as Democrats lost three, possibly four House seats and a pair of Senate seats. While the pickups didn't depose rabidly anti-gun Democrats for pro-gun Republicans (most of the Democrats who lost where at least marginally pro-gun), the new members of the House and Senate won't be voting for anti-gun leadership as their predecessors did. That's a big win. Period.
The national Moms Demand Action girls put out this release on Facebook (reposted at the Illinois MDA page), straining themselves to twist into a pretzel to call yesterday's election results as a positive.
Last night was tough, to be sure, but this movement was never about one election.
While we weren’t able to elect a gun sense president this time, we logged a number of other important victories: Voters in California, Nevada, and Washington said YES to life-saving gun safety initiatives; we paved the way for new gun safety laws in New Mexico; and we protected previous victories in Colorado and Oregon, standing up for champions to win re-election.
That's like proudly telling the world you successfully protected your favorite piece of china after a tornado ripped your house to shreds and killed your kids.
Moms have failed at organizing.
They seem to do their best agitating on social media.
Education? When have they educated anyone about gun safety?
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