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IcyPeas

(24,256 posts) Sat Sep 13, 2025, 07:03 PM Sep 13

Gov. Cox "we are not like that" "praying it wouldnt be one of us" "we don't do that here" [View all]

So tone deaf. The comments in this thread started by Shannon Watts (founder of Moms Demand Action - gun violence activist) are spot on. AND: sorry it's a twitter thread. But that is where the magats and ignoramuses will more likely see it. I understand the people who don't want to go there so to each their own. Really... read all the comments.

The Governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, just said, "For the last 33 hours, I had been praying that this person (who murdered Charlie Kirk) was from another country. That he was not one of us because we are not like that. But it was one of us."

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Gov. Cox "we are not like that" "praying it wouldnt be one of us" "we don't do that here" [View all] IcyPeas Sep 13 OP

Patel looks mesmerized by the chrome dome. marble falls Sep 13 #1

Patel always has that look - like electrodes have been attached to his testicles. Ocelot II Sep 13 #3

And he seems to be enjoying it. marble falls Sep 13 #10

You run a red state and the shooter was a Mormon. Get over it. Sneederbunk Sep 13 #2

A massacre a day and we don't do that. Right. Pukes just exude the slimiest possible vibe at all times. Blues Heron Sep 13 #4

"We are not like that." Ocelot II Sep 13 #5

Well it turns out that yes you are like that. eShirl Sep 13 #6

everyone need to get the quote RIGHT lapfog_1 Sep 13 #7

OK, he did mention STATE. LeftInTX Sep 13 #9

as in... I really hoped the guy drove here to shoot Charlie lapfog_1 Sep 13 #14

I can't believe he said that.... LeftInTX Sep 13 #8

However it was a Mormon just like him. Klarkashton Sep 13 #11

God answered his prayer ------ with the truth. Norrrm Sep 13 #12

I doubt he would be complaining if the killer was Crunchy Frog Sep 13 #13

It's a bizarre and non-Christian (and I'd include Mormon in that) thing to pray for. Bizarre to admit it in public, too muriel_volestrangler Sep 14 #15