![]() ![]() Vox’s German Lopez has explained America’s unique gun problem in depth. I want your prayers but I want something else.” I was praying the entire time I was under that desk. I’m not trying to make this political, right? But we need more than prayers,” San Felice told CNN. “I’ve heard that President Trump sent his prayers. "Thanks for your prayers but I couldn't give a fuck about them if there is nothing else" - Capital Gazette Reporter Selene San Felice /D6mfPCC42D- Judd Legum June 29, 2018 San Felice had previously gained attention for saying live on CNN that she “couldn’t give a fuck” about officials who sent their “thoughts and prayers” to the survivors of the shooting. ![]() That starts with the general election in November.” “Pray for me, then vote for people who are serious about making a change. Pray for me, and then pass legislation that stops the mass murder of Americans,” San Felice said. San Felice did criticize President Donald Trump for his empty words and inaction, saying she “want to know what he’s going to do to fix this.”īut she saved her strongest words for the American people: “He was legally allowed to plot our deaths and trap us like fish in a barrel,” San Felice said, emphasizing that her concerns were nonpolitical. Harassment isn’t one of the misdemeanors that bar a person from gun ownership. That means addressing the loopholes that allowed the shooter to legally purchase a pump-action shotgun that allegedly killed five people and injured two more, despite his history of a harassment conviction. We must push for legislation so that this doesn’t feel normal.” ![]() What I want is action,” San Felice wrote. “If your help ends at thoughts and prayers, I don’t want them. In a powerful Sunday op-ed she wrote in the Capital Gazette, the reporter implored Americans to “do something” about the United States gun-violence epidemic - by starting with the midterm elections. Selene San Felice, a survivor of the Capital Gazette shooting, will take your prayers, but she’d rather have you vote. ![]()
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