Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says he was deeply offended to hear members of the mainstream media were mocking conservative lawmakers and Americans who offered up prayers Wednesday following the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif.
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“For people to be sly, snooty and arrogant about the fact that prayer doesn’t influence our lives, I am offended by it and quite frankly shocked by that kind of attitude,” Paul said Thursday morning on Fox News.
Shortly after news broke of the deadly massacre in Southern California, a handful of reporters began deriding individuals for turning to their faith.
Paul also slammed the media for prioritizing gun control over details of the shooting in their coverage.
“The whole story above and beyond the tragedy amazes me. As I was watching the news this morning, the competing channel[s] were only talking about gun control and did not mention that the attackers were Islamic or mention that the attackers were loaded with bombs and dozens of guns and weapons, or if it was a terrorist attack,” he said.
“So it wasn’t even being mentioned. All that was being talked about was gun control and … they skip over important facts,” he added, noting that several networks failed to mention California has some of the strictest gun safety laws in the U.S.
Paul continued, “I think it’s a big mistake for the president, it’s a big mistake for liberals in general, to mock people of religion or people who believe in prayer. But I think it is also a big mistake to immediately politicize something.
“I don’t want to cheapen the lives of those that actually died from this attack,” he said.
