The Florida House has just refused to take up an assault weapons ban. With students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the room watching, 71 Republican members said, "Nah, that's not important enough to talk about today." Which was clearly shocking to the delegation from Douglas.
We cats have a message for those kids: We may not know what it's like to be shot at, but when it comes to something like this, we definitely know how you feel.
Ever since we were kittens and started to care about public policy and how politics can influence everybody's lives for the better, we've suffered our share of stinging and bitter defeats. They're even worse when you know that a malevolent power — Russia, the NRA or, let's just say it, the GOP — is behind them.
But here's another message: Don't give up. This is one vote in one ass-backward state capitol and there are many more battles to fight. You'll lose some, sure, but you'll also win. And oh, George and Amal Clooney have just given you a half a million dollars. We cats PURR.
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