Taylor Swift is ending her months-long absence on Twitter. Sad occasion: The recent school massacre in the small town of Uvalde, Texas, in which an 18-year-old killed at least 19 children and two adults with a semi-automatic weapon in an elementary school.
“Filled with anger and sadness, broken by the murders in Uvalde. From Buffalo, Laguna Woods and so many others,” she writes. “The way we are conditioned as a nation to unbearable and unbearable suffering is terrible. Steve’s words ring so true and cut deep,” she writes.
The Grammy Award-winner called it an “excruciating pain” and shared a passionate video from the Golden State Warriors basketball coach. Steve Kerr, whose team was preparing for the game against the Dallas Mavericks, refused to deliver the usual sports address before the NBA match of the Western Conference Finals. Instead, he made an impassioned plea for gun control in the United States.
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
“When are we going to do something? i’m tired I’m so tired of sitting up here and offering my condolences to the devastated families out there. You must excuse me, but I’m so tired. I’m tired of the moments of silence. Enough!” said the coach, barely able to hold back his tears.
“50 senators are refusing to vote on the HR8 control regulation, which aims to tighten the controls on the sale of weapons. The House of Representatives passed it. It’s been there for two years now. And there’s a reason they don’t want to vote on this: They want to keep their power!”
Kerr, who won multiple titles as an active athlete with the Chicago Bulls and the San Antonio Spurs, is a vocal advocate of gun control in the United States. “Do you want to put your own quest for power over the lives of our children, our elderly and churchgoers?” he addressed the Republican senators head on. “It looks quite like this!”
Swift, who has repeatedly called for stricter gun controls, concludes her tweet by saying, “Steve’s words ring so true and hit so deep.”