Last May 18 Taylor Swift put an end to his withdrawal from the media spotlight to receive Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from New York Universitygiving a speech for all the graduation attendees to the class of 2022.
Now, the one from Tennessee has also returned to a social network from which she left on January 24, Twitter, to speak out and condemn the shooting that occurred at the Robb de Uvalde school (Texas) that has left 21 fatalities: 19 children and two teachers who were shot by an 18-year-old teenager who broke into the elementary school with a pistol and a semi-automatic assault rifle on the last day of class.
“Filled with rage and pain, and devastated by the murders in Uvalde. For Buffalo, Lagua Woods and so many others. For the ways in which we as a nation have conditioned ourselves to unfathomable and unbearable anguish. Steve’s words resonate so true and profound” commented the singer of hits like Lover, Cardigan o Willow; at the same time that he shared the statements of Steve Kerr, the coach of the Golden State Warriors basketball team.
Filled with rage and grief, and so broken by the murders in Uvalde. By Buffalo, Laguna Woods and so many others. By the ways in which we, as a nation, have become conditioned to unfathomable and unbearable heartbreak. Steve’s words ring so true and cut so deep. https://t.co/Rb5uwSTxty
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 25, 2022
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Steve Kerr’s complaint
“I’m not going to talk about basketball today…No basketball questions matter. Since we left practice this morning, 14 children (at the time the official death toll) and a teacher have been killed 400 miles from here. In the last 10 days, in addition, we’ve had elderly black men murdered in a Buffalo supermarket, Asian churchgoers murdered in Southern California, and now we have children murdered at school.“, he can be heard in his statements, where he takes the opportunity to denounce how 50 senators from Washington paralyze the implementation of a bill that controls the acquisition of weapons in the United States, something with which the majority of the population, which week after week witnesses similar atrocities.
“Do you realize that 90% of Americans, regardless of their political party, want a universal background? We are being held hostage by 50 senators in Washington who refuse to even put it to a vote, despite what Americans want. They won’t vote for him because they want to keep their own power. It’s pathetic! I’ve had enough” denounced the coach.
“Are you going to put your desire for power above the lives of our children, our elders, and our parishioners? Because it is what it seems, it is what happens every week. […] We can’t be paralyzed by what’s going on, we can’t sit back and read about it and just have a minute of silence.”
The singer thus joins a collective complaint that has also been joined by personalities such as Pope Francis or the President of the United States, Joe Biden.; demonstrating his commitment to politics and social causes to which he has accustomed us in recent years.
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