Barack Obama: Mass Shoot Money Mouth

Posted by admin on Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Barack Obama Money Quotation saying Congress can support Presidential proposal to increase mental health funding to reduce gun violence. Barack Obama said:
 

 

“For those in Congress who so often rush to blame mental illness for mass shootings as a way of avoiding action on guns, here’s your chance to support these efforts. Put your money where your mouth is” — Barack Obama

 

 

In this quote, Barack Obama is criticizing members of Congress who often attribute mass shootings to mental illness as a way to deflect from discussing gun control measures. He suggests they use this as an excuse to avoid taking legislative action on firearms.

Obama then directly challenges them by saying “here’s your chance to support these efforts”, referring to bills that would increase funding for improved mental health screening and services. His implication is that if they are truly concerned about the role of mental health, they should financially back solutions rather than just blaming shootings on it rhetorically.

So in essence, Obama is calling out the inconsistency between their stated concerns and their willingness to support related policy solutions or “put their money where their mouth is” on an issue they frequently cite.

 

 

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