Amid Texas shooting, Bette Midler urges NRA protestors to 'come armed' to annual convention in Houston
26.05.2022 - 02:57
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Bette Midler is encouraging her followers to "come armed" to an organized protest at the National Rifle Association (NRA) conference on May 26. The actress made the remark while responding to a tweet suggesting, "PEOPLE SHOULD SHOW UP AND PROTEST AT THIS CONFERENCE." Midler tweeted Wednesday, "at the George R Brown convention center in Houston, Texas, this weekend.
Come armed." On Wednesday, "American Pie" singer Don McClean said that he will no longer be performing at the NRA conference after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. "In light of the recent events in Texas, I have decided it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform for the NRA at their convention in Houston this week," McClean told Fox News Digital in a statement. "I’m sure all the folks planning to attend this event are shocked and sickened by these events as well.
After all, we are all Americans. I share the sorrow for this terrible, cruel loss with the rest of the nation," he concluded. On Wednesday, "American Pie" singer Don McClean said that he will no longer be performing at the NRA conference after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
(Jeremy Westby) Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, will also not be attending this weekend's NRA annual convention, citing a trip he is taking to Ukraine, according to his office.
The Texas congressman's office told the NRA on Tuesday morning that he would not be attending the event, where he was scheduled to speak, because "he wouldn't be back in time" from Ukraine, his office told Fox News Digital. His office maintained that Crenshaw's decision not to attend the convention was made prior to the tragedy, and that it was because he will be in Ukraine for the
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