You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train

Episode details

O’Rourke reacts to domestic terrorism in his home town, a little math on what drives mass shootings, Ryan reacts to shootings in his home state, and one more Texas Republican announces his retirement.

Sponsors:

• The Meb Faber Show(https://mebfaber.com/podcast)

Links:

• Chris Higgins on Twitter
• Chris Higgins on Instagram
• Election Ride Home on Twitter
• O'Rourke interviewed briefly on Sky News (Twitter/Matt Rogers)
• Tweet describing the question leading to previous clip (Twitter/Eric Bradner)
• O’Rourke on “Morning Joe” (Twitter/Beto O’Rourke)
• O’Rourke clip at El Paso vigil (Twitter/Eric Bradner)
• Full video of O’Rourke at the vigil (Twitter/Beto O’Rourke)
• You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Zinn, Howard, 2002)
• Trump Speaks Following El Paso And Dayton Shootings (NPR)
• Senate bill to extend background checks killed by filibuster (WaPo)
• Pelosi and Schumer call for passage of background check bills in Senate (Twitter/NBC Politics)
• Some Democratic Candidates Seek to Link Shootings to Trump (NYT)
• What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer (NYT)
• Tim Ryan on Fox News (Twitter/Tim Ryan)
• Everything We Know About the El Paso Walmart Massacre (NY Mag)
• Deadliest Mass Shootings in Modern US History Fast Facts (CNN)
• Kenny Marchant Will Be Fourth Texas Republican Congressman to Retire in 2020 (NYT)