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<p>Tomi Lahren is at it again, giving bad takes at the absolute worst times.</p><p>Following the two mass shootings this weekend in Dayton and El Paso, the sum of which left 34 people dead and many more injured, Lahren decided to tweet about why she doesn&#39;t believe Trump or the NRA are to blame despite <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/us/politics/trump-mass-shootings.html" target="_blank">the EL Paso shooter&#39;s racist manifesto</a> inspired by the president.</p><h2>Instead of addressing the lack of gun reform and racial hatred, Lahren blamed last weekend&#39;s mass shootings on a youth mental health crisis caused by &quot;over-medication&quot; and &quot;absentee parents.&quot;</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s not Trump’s fault. It’s not the NRA’s fault. When will our nation wake up and realize we have a youth mental health crisis likely caused by over-medication, absentee parents, and a culture that glorifies infamy and notoriety above God, family and community?</p>&mdash; Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomiLahren/status/1158074759336169473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>She went on to ironically lament all of the finger blaming that goes on after tragedies, and claimed we need to be problem solvers.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our nation used to come together after tragedy and now all we do is point fingers, assign blame, widen the division and hate one another. What does that solve? We are Americans. We ALL need to start acting like it.</p>&mdash; Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomiLahren/status/1158112987560861696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>While Lahren is right about the need to solve the issue of gun violence, many took issue with the contradiction of calling for unity and problem solving while denying the NRA and Trump&#39;s culpability in recent violence.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ALL countries have mental health issues, but mass shootings aren&#39;t a problem in any other country.<br><br>What those countries don&#39;t have is the NRA and elected officials beholden to the gun-mad NRA.<br><br>The problem isn&#39;t mentally ill people. The problem is mentally ill people with guns.</p>&mdash; Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) <a href="https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1158077651329925121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/Music_Man_Mike/status/1158079944074960897?s=20</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You can’t be a opportunist shit-stirring, hate-mongering huckster for years and all of a sudden expect us to buy this Mother Theresa act</p>&mdash; Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndyRichter/status/1158171601776459776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And when the right redistributes the wealth upward so that families need 3 sometimes 4 jobs to feed their children, you don&#39;t get to complain about absentee parents!</p>&mdash; Shirley Elbmirt (@Icanbelieveher) <a href="https://twitter.com/Icanbelieveher/status/1158076138993999877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>A lot of people pointed out the fact that mental health issues exist in countless countries that don&#39;t have mass shootings regularly, but the NRA and Trump only exist in America.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We have mentally ill in Canada. We have video games in Canada. What we don’t have is mass shootings daily. That’s because we have strict background checks. Certain types of guns are banned.</p>&mdash; NANA❤️🇨🇦🌊💛Trudeau/Biden (@RagingLibNana) <a href="https://twitter.com/RagingLibNana/status/1158086655208652801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just to reiterate we don’t have mass shootings daily or weekly or monthly. We have had them sporadically over the last 30 plus years.</p>&mdash; NANA❤️🇨🇦🌊💛Trudeau/Biden (@RagingLibNana) <a href="https://twitter.com/RagingLibNana/status/1158092559001911296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Every country has mental health issues. Only one has Trump and the NRA...<br><br>So the biggest of fuck yous goes to you today, Tomi. Congrats.</p>&mdash; Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) <a href="https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski/status/1158075097594388481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When the Constitution was written...<br><br>Things that existed: Mentally ill people, crappy parents, and muskets<br><br>Things that didn’t exist: AR-15s</p>&mdash; Marie Connor (@thistallawkgirl) <a href="https://twitter.com/thistallawkgirl/status/1158207218979880965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Given the fact that Lahren has been a mouthpiece for <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/tomi-lahren-accuses-migrants-caravan-diseases/" target="_blank">racism and defense of the NRA for years</a>, it was only a matter of time before someone used her own words against her.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey, Tomi, check out this weird clip that&#39;s totally unrelated to the shooter&#39;s fears as outlined in his manifesto. <a href="https://t.co/p8or9ZCy9j">pic.twitter.com/p8or9ZCy9j</a></p>&mdash; Cody Johnston (@drmistercody) <a href="https://twitter.com/drmistercody/status/1158094040413249537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>While Tommy has never been an internet presence known for addressing gun violence for what it really is, this take was a supremely bad one.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

People are responding to Tomi Lahren blaming mass shootings on 'absentee parents.'

Tomi Lahren is at it again, giving bad takes at the absolute worst times.Following the two mass shootings this weekend in Dayton and El Paso, the sum of which left 34 people dead and many more injured, Lahren decided to tweet about why she doesn&#39;t believe Trump or the NRA are to blame despite the EL Paso shooter&#39;s racist manifesto inspired by the president.Instead of addressing the lack of gun reform and racial hatred, Lahren blamed last weekend&#39;s mass shootings on a youth mental health crisis caused by &quot;over-medication&quot; and &quot;absentee parents.&quot;It’s not Trump’s fault. It’s not the NRA’s fault. When will our nation wake up and realize we have a youth mental health crisis likely caused by over-medication, absentee parents, and a culture that glorifies infamy and notoriety above God, family and community?&mdash; Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) August 4, 2019 She went on to ironically lament all of the finger blaming that goes on after tragedies, and claimed we need to be problem solvers.Our nation used to come together after tragedy and now all we do is point fingers, assign blame, widen the division and hate one another. What does that solve? We are Americans. We ALL need to start acting like it.&mdash; Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) August 4, 2019 While Lahren is right about the need to solve the issue of gun violence, many took issue with the contradiction of calling for unity and problem solving while denying the NRA and Trump&#39;s culpability in recent violence.ALL countries have mental health issues, but mass shootings aren&#39;t a problem in any other country.What those countries don&#39;t have is the NRA and elected officials beholden to the gun-mad NRA.The problem isn&#39;t mentally ill people. The problem is mentally ill people with guns.&mdash; Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) August 4, 2019 https://twitter.com/Music_Man_Mike/status/1158079944074960897?s=20You can’t be a opportunist shit-stirring, hate-mongering huckster for years and all of a sudden expect us to buy this Mother Theresa act&mdash; Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) August 5, 2019 And when the right redistributes the wealth upward so that families need 3 sometimes 4 jobs to feed their children, you don&#39;t get to complain about absentee parents!&mdash; Shirley Elbmirt (@Icanbelieveher) August 4, 2019 A lot of people pointed out the fact that mental health issues exist in countless countries that don&#39;t have mass shootings regularly, but the NRA and Trump only exist in America.We have mentally ill in Canada. We have video games in Canada. What we don’t have is mass shootings daily. That’s because we have strict background checks. Certain types of guns are banned.&mdash; NANA❤️🇨🇦🌊💛Trudeau/Biden (@RagingLibNana) August 4, 2019 Just to reiterate we don’t have mass shootings daily or weekly or monthly. We have had them sporadically over the last 30 plus years.&mdash; NANA❤️🇨🇦🌊💛Trudeau/Biden (@RagingLibNana) August 4, 2019 Every country has mental health issues. Only one has Trump and the NRA...So the biggest of fuck yous goes to you today, Tomi. Congrats.&mdash; Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) August 4, 2019 When the Constitution was written...Things that existed: Mentally ill people, crappy parents, and musketsThings that didn’t exist: AR-15s&mdash; Marie Connor (@thistallawkgirl) August 5, 2019 Given the fact that Lahren has been a mouthpiece for racism and defense of the NRA for years, it was only a matter of time before someone used her own words against her.Hey, Tomi, check out this weird clip that&#39;s totally unrelated to the shooter&#39;s fears as outlined in his manifesto. pic.twitter.com/p8or9ZCy9j&mdash; Cody Johnston (@drmistercody) August 4, 2019 While Tommy has never been an internet presence known for addressing gun violence for what it really is, this take was a supremely bad one.

Tomi Lahren is at it again, giving bad takes at the absolute worst times.