Julian Castro: “It`s a gut punch. It just creates that uncertainty, that feeling in the stomach for so many families out there who have…”

Because politicians like Ted Cruz are bought and paid for by the NRA. Because Ted Cruz and his colleagues, his Republican colleagues don`t have the moral courage to do the right thing.

This is who we are now. We thought that this would be over after Newtown and what happened at Sandy Hook and that, finally, Republicans in Washington, D.C., would take the steps necessary to start making this less and less likely.

It’s really a measure of how cruel they think they have to be to be successful in the 2024 Republican primary that they all want to run in for president.

For Bush to add 29 other counties who are not as great at risk of another disaster, don’t have as many infrastructure needs for flooding and other natural disaster risks, that’s pure patronage.