![]() Using flawed assumptions that healthcare providers will extract five doses from each vial, the Biden administration is sending one-fifth of the vials previously allotted. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials echoed their claims. to Seattle report averaging 3.5 doses per vial amid significant disruptions. Washington theorizes the more efficient intradermal (ID) method will quintuple doses from vials. In August, the administration irresponsibly decided to withhold monkeypox vaccines from Americans whose health agencies aren’t using a newly mandated injection method. It’s imperative that the White House implement a comprehensive plan emphasizing equity in prevention, vaccination, testing, and treatment. ![]() Jason Lindsay is founder and executive director of Pride Fund to End Gun Violence, a PAC that supports state and federal candidates who will act on sensible gun policy reforms and champion LGBTQ equality. 10 in NRA blood money - this year, she could be on the list of Republican incumbents who are defeated with the help of Pride Fund to End Gun Violence. In the days following the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., I knew that the LGBTQ community could be a new driving force in the fight for commonsense gun reform.Ĭomstock’s history of taking significant amounts of NRA cash might earn her a spot on another list this year - in addition to being No. The combination of the blue wave election results of 2017, the continuing surge of grassroots enthusiasm, and the clear takeaways from exit polling that standing with the gun lobby over the safety of your constituents has political consequences, does not bode well for Comstock. Meanwhile over the last two cycles, support for Comstock has decreased: in 2014 she beat her Democratic opponent by 16 points in her first election to the House, but that margin was down to less than 6 points in 2016. At the House of Delegates level, seven Republican incumbents with districts touching Comstock’s congressional district were defeated by Democrats. In the 2017 state elections, Democrat Northam took more than 56 percent in the governor’s race, winning by 12 percentage points. Virginia’s 10th is now a blue district: in 2016, voters went for Clinton over Trump 52-42 percent. This may be the year Comstock’s electoral luck runs out. Comstock even blamed the FBI for the Parkland shooting in a statement, calling out “the system” rather than the ability of a 19-year-old to legally purchase an assault weapon and large capacity magazines. In short, there isn’t a pro-gun vote Comstock won’t take, or a Republican talking point she won’t parrot. COMSTOCK SHADOW BLADE TVRalph Northam made gun reform a major issue in his campaign against Ed Gillespie, who touted his NRA “A” rating in TV ads.īut Comstock’s record of loosening gun laws doesn’t stop there: she voted to allow people on the terrorist watch list to purchase firearms, voted to give severely mentally ill veterans and Social Security disability beneficiaries easier access to firearms. Exit polls showed that gun reform was the second most important issue for voters, just behind health care. That vote occurred just days before the five-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, which killed 20 children between six and seven years old, as well as six adult staff members.Ĭomstock’s Concealed Carry vote was particularly tone-deaf, coming right on the heels of Virginia’s legislative and gubernatorial election, which saw a blue sweep across the Commonwealth. Late last year, Comstock enthusiastically voted for one of the Republicans’ top legislative priorities, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, which would allow dangerous and untrained people to carry loaded, hidden guns in more public places. suburbs to the West Virginia border, Comstock was named one of the most vulnerable Republican incumbents by the prestigious Cook Political Report, which sees her district as a prime pickup opportunity for Democrats. Representing Virginia’s 10th district, which stretches westward from the wealthy D.C. That should have Comstock worried, because she’s out of step with the voters in her district. ![]() This new generation of gun reform leaders, although only in their first weeks as activists, has drawn a clear line in the sand: if you take NRA cash, you are responsible for the bloodshed. ![]() They have charged all those receiving NRA cash with wearing Badges of Shame. The Valentine’s Day school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 students and teachers dead has rekindled the flame for commonsense gun reform activism, spurred by the social media-savvy students who saw their classmates murdered. ![]()
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