Alejandro Bedoya, captain of the Philadelphia Union soccer team, sprinted to the field microphone after he scored a goal Sunday to send a message to Congress: “Hey Congress, do something now! End gun violence, let’s go!”
Bedoya elaborated in a post-match interview, per the BBC:
“To see that happen again, it’s absurd, I am not going to sit idly and watch this stuff and not say something,” he said. “Before I’m an athlete and a soccer player, I am a human being, first. I have got kids — I can’t be the only one feeling the same way.”
“Something has got to be done, it has got to the point where we have become numb to it, that is a big problem,” he added.
He also took to Twitter to share his message:
Seeing more thoughts and prayers bullshit.
Words without actions are just worthless. America, it seems, is becoming a dystopian society.
Do something!!! Enough!!!— Alejandro Bedoya (@AleBedoya17) August 4, 2019
Between mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio this weekend, nearly 30 people were killed.
The more people speak out, every day, from every quarter of the country and every position and background, the more the pressure grows. Last night, my local CBS affiliate cited a poll of likely voters showing 94% supported background checks. It’s a start.
You know a guy who kicks balls professionally can kick some serious ass.
It’s a start but no civilian needs an assault weapon, or ten or 15 of them.
A hero.
Let’s see what Trump says about him. (I bet it won’t be a surprise.)
I have always been shocked by the fact that basically the same infantry assault weapons used in Vietnam, the AR-15 (M-16) and AK-47, are available over the counter to just about anyone with the money. The country seems to have lost its collective mind.