I don’t follow any senators on twitter as I use twitter primarily for meaningless purposes. However, the other day I happened upon a promoted tweet by @Team_Mitch. After I read the tweet, I concluded that team Mitch must be some sort of pro-gun lobbying group trying to drum up support for their favorite senator. After further investigation, I realized that this tweet actually came from the “Official account of Mitch McConnell for Senate.”
The following is a screen shot of that tweet, along with my response. I am not posting this as a pro-gun or anti-gun rant. I just give it as an example of what is so terribly wrong with our current political dialogue. The fact that an elected official would present themselves this way is just plain stunning. I plead with Senator McConnell and others to contend for a better dialogue. Unless I’ve just been pranked and this tweet was actually written by someone who does not care about the “one nation, under God” reality of our Republic.
Douglas Bursch is the author of Posting Peace: Why Social Media Divides Us and What We Can Do About It. He also hosts The Fairly Spiritual Show podcast.