Which Politicians Profit the Most from Children Being Killed?
Photos of Mitt Romney by Mark Taylor, Dianne Feinstein by Senate Democrats, Marco Rubio by Gage Skidmore.
We did it, America. We finally did it. Guns are the leading cause of death for children! It used to be our own terrible driving, but now our future leaders will have as much street cred as 50 Cent! Great Job America!
Hell teens don’t even have to go to school to get shot anymore. Maybe they’re just tired of all the noise and make a complaint. Or maybe they’re trying to have a sleep over.
Granted we also have a long history of bringing our style of destruction to other countries. Seems like even our school shootings are becoming popular across the globe. Even our unmanned war machines excel at killing innocent bystanders. War profiteering is a booming business.
Oh wait this isn’t good news at all. Just kind of odd that, as this is a problem that gets worse every year, politicians are passing bills to make it easier to carry guns. Also a tad strange that after reports of active shooters, gun sales go up.
One might say, “What, why?” Simple answer is people in power profit profusely from supporting pro-gun propaganda.
Here’s a list of US politicians that have received more than $1,000,000 in campaign contributions from just the NRA via the Brady Project, or own $100,000 or more in stocks in war-profiteers, or in private gun manufacturers. This is by no means a comprehensive list.
Mitt Romney (R) – Utah
NRA Donations: $13,647,676
Stock Holdings: Honeywell, United Tech, Northop Gruman, Raytheon
Richard Burr (R) – North Carolina
NRA Donations: $6,987,380
Thom Tillis (R) – North Carolina
NRA Donations: $4,429,333
Roy Blunt (R) – Missouri
NRA Donations: $4,555,722
Stock Holdings: Lockheed Martin
Josh Hawley (R) – Missouri
NRA Donations: $1,391,548
Marco Rubio (R) – Florida
NRA Donations: $3,303,355
Rick Scott (R) – Florida
Stock Holdings: Raytheon, Lockheed Martin
Joni Ernst (R) – Iowa
NRA Donations: $3,129,723
Rob Portman (R) – Ohio
NRA Donations: $3,063,327
Todd C Young (R) – Indiana
NRA Donations: $2,897,582
Mike Braun (R) – Indiana
NRA Donations: $1,249,967
Bill Cassidy (R) – Louisiana
NRA Donations: $2,870,574
Stock Holdings: United Tech
Tom Cotton (R) – Arkansas
NRA Donations: $1,971,214
John Boozman (R) – Arkansas
Stock Holdings: General Dynamics, Honeywell
Pat Toomey (R) – Pennsylvania
NRA Donations: $1,475,448
Marsha Blackburn (R) – Tennesse
NRA Donations: $1,306,130
Mitch McConnell (R) – Kentucky
NRA Donations: $1,283,515
Ron Johnson (R) – Wisconsin
NRA Donations: $1,269,486
David Perdue (R) – Georgia
Stock Holdings: Honeywell, Boeing
Susan Collins (R) – Maine
Stockholdings: Honeywell, United Tech, Boeing
Tom Carper (D) – Delaware
Stock Holdings: Honeywell, Raytheon, Boeing
John Hoeven (R) – North Dakota
Stock Holdings: Honeywell
Sheldon Whitehouse (D) – Rhode Island
Stock Holdings: Honeywell, United Tech, Boeing, Raytheon
Diane Feinstein (D) – California
Stock Holdings: Boeing
These are just the politicians that profit the most from on-purpose deaths. There are also newer players to the game that are just cutting their teeth. As mentioned in the Business Insider article linked above, politicians like Marjorie Taylor Greene purchased stock in defense contractors after the invasion of Ukraine, tweeting that “War is big business to our leaders.”
So, pretty much until we get money out of politics, we’ll be trapped in this endless cycle of people dying, other people getting mad, government gridlock, and then the rest of us having to live in this near Mad Max hellscape we’re creating across the globe.
Or maybe we should just pay closer attention to when they start offloading bank stocks…
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