Really. No Democrat is ever responsible for a school shooting. Only Republicans.
David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland, Florida high school shooting, told Morning Joe on Monday that he thinks Gov. Rick Scott should be “held accountable” for the failure of three sheriff’s deputies to confront the gunman.
Law enforcement sources confirmed to news outlets that three deputies from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office remained outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High as the shooter opened fire, eventually killing 17 people.
Hogg, appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, said the news is “raising concern” in his community, before accusing elected officials of attempting the blame the shooting on “bureaucracy.”
“They’re in charge of them,” Hogg said of those elected officials. “This is their fault.”
“They should have been regulating them,” he continued. “I’m not going to allow them to pressure these people because at the end of the day it’s their fault. These elected officials are the boss of these sheriff personnel and just like the president is the boss of the FBI, Governor Rick Scott is essentially the boss of Scott Israel, the sheriff, and as such he should be held accountable.
“He can’t just blame this on the bureaucracy and expect to get re-elected.”
This is gibberish, which is what you would expect from a teenager being used as a spokesman for a partisan cause. I'm not sure how he managed to forget blaming the whole thing on President Trump. But it certainly can't be the fault of the elected official running the sheriff's department, it must be the fault of the Republican governor of Florida. It wasn't Sheriff Scott Israel's fault that his people failed to act.
Somehow it was the governor's fault for... something.
Yes, this is rather clumsy. But Hogg was just passing down the talking point that emerged after it was clear that Sheriff Scott Israel's people had messed up badly. Take it to the next level. Blaming Governor Scott. It's senseless, but it makes a good talking point for MSNBC viewers and before long there will be a Vox explainer showing just why it is Scott's fault that the deputies failed to act.