Apparently, the "OH, SHIT!" siren has sounded and all the Republicans, like their Morlock forbears,

[Atticus]

have scurried back to the safety of their subterranean society. CNN asked 60 of them to appear on TV to comment about the domestic terrorist attacks and MSNBC asked 30. NONE accepted.

[dem4decades]

1. have they all fallen and hurt themselves?

Cowards.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Fallen and they can't get up.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

21. LOL! yep, w/ I've fallen and can't get up Trump image:

[RockRaven]

2. Those networks are gutless and worried about future access, or they'd NAME those refusers...

Honestly, a handful might have had logistical reasons why they could not appear... but 30, 60 refusals? That deserves naming and shaming.

[charlyvi]

18. CNN did name all 49 of them.

It’s a few seconds in:

Link to tweet

?s=21

[BlueWI]

3. Shameful.

This is the time when speaking up matters. Silence reveals a lot.

[gratuitous]

5. They're waiting for it to blow over

It always has in the past. Hell one of their own even got shot, and that didn't change Republicans one iota. Just because 30 people got it over the weekend in two all-American Republican state bastions is no reason for them to suddenly get all concerned about the well-being of our nation's citizens.

[BlueWI]

6. Wow, what a sad state of affairs.

I agree with you. Gotta at least send my thoughts about it to our senators, including missing-in-action Ron Johnson.

[BigmanPigman]

7. I saw Chris Murphy's face when they said that on MSNBC.

I love that guy...so sincere. He has been standing up for gun control since Sandy Hook and has never slowed down.

[TryLogic]

8. Obviously, the NRA lobby is in control of the Republican Party.

But 95% if NRA members support back ground checks for all. So, who is in control of the NRA?

Is it gun manufacturers?
Is it white nationalists and racists?
Is it Russian operatives?

Whoever it is, it translates to them being in control of the Republican party. If it is Russian operatives, that would really explain a lot about the Republican Party and the behavior of their politicians.

[certainot]

9. they'e not afraid of trump, they are afraid of his friend and neighbor limbugh, who

will keep 1500 radio stations on the same page to intimidate anyone who strays off the line..

[crazytown]

20. They are afraid of their base - their racist base

who been fed and injected with racism by the GOP since the 60s.

[certainot]

22. that's a miscalculation. there will always be a bunch of racists, white supremacists, fascists,

homophobes, misogynists, etc but rw radio allowed republicans to weaponize it and make it 'acceptable'

their racist base is small but we stupidly let a few hundred racist assholes on 1500 radio stations amplify it

the cultural shame and education that minimizes that shit is reduced when you let a few hundred coordinated think-tank (russian too)-scripted racist liars on 1500 radio stations scream all day to 50 mil a week that there is no white privilege, there is no racism, it's the white male who's oppressed, kneeling athletes are traitors, affirmative action is reverse racism, all the black people getting shot by cops are thugs, the brown people invading us are criminals and diseased, democrats are helping millions of illegal aliens to vote and that's why we need voter suppression, etc - and not only never say a fucking thing back but let 88 major universities and many pro sports teams endorse it with their logos.

[zaj]

10. Really f*cking horrible leaders... empty vessels of corruption.

[Hamlette]

11. at least we don't have to watch them on TV

remember under Obama the talking heads had 75% GOPers on. Drove me nuts.

[mountain grammy]

12. Cowards all.

[fierywoman]

13. "But ... her EMAILS!"

[hibbing]

14. Hey, they are on vacation

Probably off on some junkets paid for by their corporate masters.

Peace

[zonkers]

15. What a sorry lot. Nevertheless there are more dangerous than ever

[Princetonian]

16. NRA talking points have not been bulletpointed yet.

Translating from Russian takes time.

[ancianita]

17. +1

[DeminPennswoods]

19. Even the 2 retiring Rs, Conaway and Hurd,

refused to appear. Surprising that Jim Jordon and Lindsey Graham didn't want to appear since both are a couple of the loudest and proudest Trump defenders.

[spanone]

23. They don't work for the people.....they work for Putin and the NRA.

[FakeNoose]

24. Well see ... Repukes are all on vacay-shun now

But isn't it great that a lot of Democrats are getting some facetime now? I guess Dems only go on TV whenever there's a national crisis that Repukes don't want to talk about.