The first scapegoat (a teacher) doesn't work -- the door had been closed:

Uvalde teacher closed propped-open door before shooting, Texas officials say https://t.co/BXCrRpFO6Z

— The Guardian (@guardian) June 1, 2022

Last night -- a new scapegoat -- Laura Ingraham blamed marijuana. Straight from Reefer Madness (1936):

Ingraham: Why aren’t people in general not talking more about the pot psychosis violent behavior connection? pic.twitter.com/SKBU5QWFBZ

— Acyn (@Acyn) June 1, 2022

Yes, of course, because everyone knows how smoking pot induces violent behavior!

And from our own governor, Jim Justice:

On guns, Governor Justice focuses on porn, profanity, social media, video games, mental healthhttps://t.co/aGwRI2unvB

— MetroNews (@WVMetroNews) May 31, 2022

By the way, here are a list of Fox's solutions:

Over the 24 hours since the US school shooting, Fox News has proposed at least 50 "solutions" and none of them are gun control - pic.twitter.com/uTsd7rdjAO

— Florian Witulski (@vaitor) May 26, 2022

This is the best that Republicans (and their TV channel) can do? No wonder Senator Capito has been silent. (See previous post.)

Note -- As I finish this just past 8 PM, I see that we have had another shooting Tulsa, Oklahoma. Here's the coverage:

While CNN and MSNBC are leading the 8pm hour with updates about the mass shooting in Tulsa, Fox News and Newsmax are both focused on mythical gun confiscation... which is not actually being pursued by *any* American elected officials. pic.twitter.com/iIcsUmcXHX

— Craig Harrington (@Craigipedia) June 2, 2022