{"id":200827,"date":"2021-12-06T12:01:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T12:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=200827"},"modified":"2021-12-06T10:26:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T10:26:11","slug":"republican-congressman-sparks-outrage-for-family-christmas-photo-with-guns-days-after-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/12\/republican-congressman-sparks-outrage-for-family-christmas-photo-with-guns-days-after-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Congressman Sparks Outrage for Family Christmas Photo with Guns Days after School Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_200830\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Republican-US-Congressman-Thomas-Massie-family-christmas-photo-guns-2021.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200830\" class=\"wp-image-200830\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Republican-US-Congressman-Thomas-Massie-family-christmas-photo-guns-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Republican-US-Congressman-Thomas-Massie-family-christmas-photo-guns-2021.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Republican-US-Congressman-Thomas-Massie-family-christmas-photo-guns-2021-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Republican-US-Congressman-Thomas-Massie-family-christmas-photo-guns-2021-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-200830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Representative Thomas Massie talked to reporters before leaving Capitol Hill in Washington in March 2020. Susan Walsh\/Associated Press<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\"><em>4 Dec 2021 &#8211; <\/em><span class=\"html-render\">Republican US Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky received swift condemnation for posting a Christmas-themed photo of him and his family holding firearms on Saturday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lead | border_box gutter_16--desktop gutter_16--tablet relative\">\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\"><span class=\"html-render\">The post has been called out as being insensitive given Tuesday\u2019s school shooting in Michigan that resulted in the deaths of four Oxford High School students. The shooting suspect, Ethan Crumbley, has been charged as an adult with crimes including murder and terrorism. His parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, each face four counts of involuntary manslaughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\"><span class=\"html-render\">In the congressman\u2019s image, the Massie family of seven smiled and posed in front of a Christmas tree, guns in hand. Massie, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate, posted the photo with a caption saying \u201cps. Santa, please bring ammo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Merry Christmas! \ud83c\udf84 <br \/>ps. Santa, please bring ammo. \ud83c\udf81 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NVawULhCNr\" >pic.twitter.com\/NVawULhCNr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1467197523127422979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body | gutter_16--desktop gutter_16--tablet \">\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\"><span class=\"html-render\">Michigan shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley received a gun for Christmas and tested it out with his mother, according to social media posts acquired by Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald, days before investigators say he shot and killed students at his high school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\"><span class=\"html-render\">Some Twitter users expressed their disgust at the timing of Massie\u2019s post and replied with images of the Michigan victims, who ranged in age from 14 to 17.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Flower_Beast_01\/status\/1467206113342853121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1467206113342853121%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bostonglobe.com%2F2021%2F12%2F04%2Fnation%2Frepublican-congressman-sparks-outrage-family-christmas-photo-with-guns%2F<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Their parents would disagree <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pWhUdeN7dj\" >pic.twitter.com\/pWhUdeN7dj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\udc01\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc24\ud835\udc2c (@antifaoperative) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/antifaoperative\/status\/1467215811941212162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\"><span class=\"html-render\">Others brought up the uncanny resemblance of the Massie\u2019s family holiday photo with those taken of extremists, including the Islamic State.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">same vibe <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mQ2vjIFN2b\" >pic.twitter.com\/mQ2vjIFN2b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; gritz (@__gritz__) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/__gritz__\/status\/1467215554419302407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Same energy. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VanillaISIS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >#VanillaISIS<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LYcGIVquPs\" >pic.twitter.com\/LYcGIVquPs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tiffany (@TuffTiffResists) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuffTiffResists\/status\/1467220713362931721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"body | gutter_16--desktop gutter_16--tablet \">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You must be so proud <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kIxZoEyZih\" >pic.twitter.com\/kIxZoEyZih<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stacy McEwan Goodwin (@mcewan_stacy) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcewan_stacy\/status\/1467222469790601219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\"><span class=\"html-render\">While some replied and said that Massie\u2019s implied pro-gun argument is rife with hypocrisy when compared to Republican anti-mask and anti-abortion stances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\"><span class=\"html-render\">Another person said it looked like one of them was pointing their gun at someone in the photo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\"><span class=\"html-render\">Finally, Fred Guttenberg, whose child Jaime was killed in the 2018 Parkland, Fla., school shooting, shared the last photo he took of her.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >@RepThomasMassie<\/a>, since we are sharing family photos, here are mine.  One is the last photo that I ever took of Jaime, the other is where she is buried because of the Parkland school shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The Michigan school shooter and his family used to take photos like yours as well. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MsQWneJXAp\" >pic.twitter.com\/MsQWneJXAp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fred_guttenberg\/status\/1467222605388296202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >December 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"body | gutter_16--desktop gutter_16--tablet \">\n<div class=\"html_block | twitter container flex justify_center hasRail row\">\n<div class=\"width_full\">\n<div>_______________________________________________<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tagline | font_primary inline_block margin_top_32\"><span class=\"html-render\"><i>Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagline | font_primary inline_block margin_top_32\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Lauren Booker, <\/em><span class=\"affiliation | color_gray font_primary\">Globe <\/span><em><span class=\"affiliation | color_gray font_primary\">staff<\/span>, can be reached at <a class=\"\" href=\"mailto:lauren.booker@globe.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lauren.booker@globe.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2021\/12\/04\/nation\/republican-congressman-sparks-outrage-family-christmas-photo-with-guns\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; bostonglobe.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 Dec 2021 &#8211; Republican US Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky received swift condemnation for posting a Christmas-themed photo of him and his family holding firearms today. 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