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Jake Tapper calls out Republicans who declined to appear.

08/04/2019 Ms. G Newscasts, Politics 45

.@jaketapper calls out Republican leaders who declined to appear on #CNNSOTU following two mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. pic.twitter.com/TeZZHHK0Mn
— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) August 4, 2019

CNN’s State of the Union host Jake Tapper called out Texas Governor Abbot, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz as well as Rep. Kevin McCarthy for declining to appear on his show to discuss the the recent mass shootings in Ohio and Texas. Ohio Governor DeWine also declined while Moscow Mitch McConnell didn’t reply.

Among those who declined the request from @CNNSotu to come on to discuss the mass shootings:@WhiteHouse
Texas Gov @GregAbbott_TX
Texas LG @DanPatrick
Sen @JohnCornyn
Sen @tedcruz, @GovMikeDeWine, @GOPLeader McCarthy@senatemajldr did not respond to our request.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 4, 2019

However, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick did appear on Fox News and claimed video games teach kids “to kill.”

Here's part of Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick's appearance on Fox & Friends, where he uses the El Paso shooting to call for federal government intervention in the video game industry, more prayer in schools, and more saluting the flag, among other things. pic.twitter.com/8xqkEyvvH7
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) August 4, 2019

As of today, the United States has had 251 mass shootings. We’re only at day 216 of 2019.

Update, 15 minutes later: According to initial reports, there have now been 3 mass shootings in August – Dayton being #251 of the year. https://t.co/9e6rti7AzM
— Gun Violence Archive (@GunDeaths) August 4, 2019