Representative Moore, Pope Leo XIV, and guns

If you follow WV2 Representative Riley Moore on X, you're probably aware of his numerous posts that are testimony to his Catholic faith. Moore's religious posts, however, are selective. For instance, Moore almost always ignores the U.S. Conference of Bishops preferring to cite individual bishops with whom he agrees. (See here, for example.) With the election of the first American Catholic pope earlier this year, Moore has regularly posted about Pope Leo. But as with the bishops, Moore is careful what he posts. For example, Moore completely ignored the Pope's recent comments after last week's Minnesota shootings:

Pope Leo XIV prayed publicly on Sunday for the victims of the shooting at a Catholic school in Minnesota and called for an end to the "pandemic of arms, large and small."

The U.S.-born pope spoke in English as he denounced the attack and the "logic of weapons" fueling wars… pic.twitter.com/a8S2rzKOGz

— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 31, 2025

Contrast the Pope's message with Riley Moore's post on Christmas Day 2022:

Thank you, Santa Claus 🎅🙏🏻!!! I always wanted an AR-10! pic.twitter.com/HEIZjoEZxH

— Riley Moore (@RileyMooreWV) December 25, 2022

Hey, Riley, I own a bridge in Benwood that I could sell you for next-to-nothing!

Last year, in a close battle, Moore beat out WV State Senator Mike Stuart for the Dumbest X Post by a West Virginia Politician Award. (See here). It is still early yet, but Moore may become a repeat winner as he has assumed clubhouse leadership with this post on Sunday:

If you were at the mall with your kids and this guy rolled down the escalator, you would call the cops and get him banned. https://t.co/tPajxnLCnw

— Riley Moore (@RileyMooreWV) August 31, 2025

As X readers noted, this is clearly AI generated. As of 7:30 PM today, however, the clip was still posted on his account. Why is this clip still up? Is he that dumb and/or lazy or is that his opinion of his constituents?