After Texas shooting, Republicans face online anger over NRA money

In the hours after at least 19 children and two teachers were killed at an elementary school in Uvalde, Tex., in the deadliest mass shooting at an American school in nearly a decade, Republicans in Congress joined the world in mourning the latest gun massacre.But as some offered their thoughts and prayers to the families of the victims, critics have been quick to point out the millions of dollars that GOP lawmakers have taken from the National Rifle Association in contributions over the years.Nineteen current or recent Republican senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Sens. Abbott is expected to be in Uvalde on Wednesday before his talk at the NRA convention in Houston.Trump to speak at NRA meeting in Texas days after school shootingThe NRA, which boasts more than 5 million members, is fighting a lawsuit by the New York attorney general accusing the group’s executives of misspending millions of dollars.Many critics went on social media to list how much money the Republican lawmakers have reportedly taken from the NRA, but comedy writer Bess Kalb took it one step further and quote-tweeted all of the responses from GOP senators with how much they have received in campaign contributions from the gun lobby.After McConnell tweeted how he was “horrified and heartbroken” by the shooting in Uvalde and how the country was praying for those affected, Kalb, the executive producer of Amazon Prime’s “Yearly Departed,” used the Brady data for her one-sentence reply: “$1,267,139 from the NRA.”$1,267,139 from the NRA https://t.co/q5eQLYE1RsKalb continued to respond to Republicans offering their thoughts and prayers — Ernst, Portman, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.) — with the million-dollar figures in NRA contributions they have received.$3,124,773 from the NRA.