{"id":1493405,"date":"2022-05-26T15:14:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T19:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493405"},"modified":"2022-05-26T15:14:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T19:14:52","slug":"come-armed-gun-control-advocate-bette-midler-sends-out-tweet-to-protest-nra-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/come-armed-gun-control-advocate-bette-midler-sends-out-tweet-to-protest-nra-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Come Armed\u2019: Gun Control Advocate Bette Midler Sends Out Tweet To Protest NRA Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcome-armed-gun-control-advocate-bette-midler-sends-out-tweet-to-protest-nra-conference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493405&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Gun control advocate Bette Midler sent out a tweet to her more than two million followers to \u201ccome armed\u201d and protest a National Rifle Association conference in Texas the weekend following the mass shooting in Uvalde.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bette-midler-goes-on-unhinged-rant-against-fox-news-host-rupert-murdoch-and-newt-gingrich-calling-for-them-to-be-arrested-and-more\">76-year-old<\/a> actress\u2019s tweet comes after an 18-year-old went to an elementary school and opened fire, killing 19 children and two teachers before he was stopped. Midler\u2019s Twitter feed is filled with one post after <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5011550\/texas-church-shooting-thoughts-prayers-gun-control\/\">another blaming Republicans<\/a> and slamming gun owners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAT THE GEORGE R BROWN CONVENTION CENTER IN HOUSTON TEXAS, THIS WEEKEND,\u201d Milder <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1529500243225632773?s=20&#038;t=ECinL9y7YTu2333gRr6wVQ\">tweeted<\/a> Wednesday.\u201dCome armed.\u201d Her post was in response to a tweet from a person that read, \u201cPEOPLE SHOULD SHOW UP AND PROTEST AT THIS CONFERENCE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AT THE GEORGE R BROWN CONVENTION CENTER IN HOUSTON TEXAS, THIS WEEKEND. Come armed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QNUJkLGEqh\">https:\/\/t.co\/QNUJkLGEqh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 bettemidler (@BetteMidler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1529500243225632773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1529499528197419008?s=20&#038;t=ECinL9y7YTu2333gRr6wVQ\">called\u00a0for<\/a> a January 6-like action at the conference, an act she has roundly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1478769504167645185?s=20&#038;t=Sg9bpaTERsbw_-FO_lmDRQ\">condemned numerous times<\/a>, asking for protestors to give them a taste of their \u201cown medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In one of her earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1529291612186038273?s=20&#038;t=ECinL9y7YTu2333gRr6wVQ\">posts<\/a>, the \u201cBeaches\u201d star called on New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer to \u201cbring the #ExpandedBradyBackgroundChecksBill to the Senate floor, a bill 90% of Americans want you to pass. We are sick of gun violence; it\u2019s a public health crisis, and the ball is in your court. If it does not withstand the filibuster, #ENDTHEFILIBUSTER.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bill is called HR 8; it has been sitting there for two years! Bring it to the floor, you contemptible, wretched, worthless excuses for #Americans and #Senators,\u201d she added in a second <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1529334841228988416?s=20&#038;t=ECinL9y7YTu2333gRr6wVQ\">tweet<\/a>. \u201cAnd pass it! You are a disgrace to your country, your community and your constituents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd here you have it: loosening gun control laws by the #SupremeCourt, #Congress and #StateLegislatures!\u201d Midler <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1529490100194750466?s=20&#038;t=ECinL9y7YTu2333gRr6wVQ\">continued<\/a> in another tweet. \u201cIt\u2019s a conspiracy to kill us all!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/its-not-worth-buying-an-entire-pig-just-to-get-a-little-sausage-bette-midler-shares-close-up-of-shirt-with-message-slamming-men\">Midler<\/a> later tweeted another comment about how she didn\u2019t fear \u201cinvaders from beyond the seas\u201d because we as a nation \u201care committing national suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bette-midler-goes-on-unhinged-rant-against-fox-news-host-rupert-murdoch-and-newt-gingrich-calling-for-them-to-be-arrested-and-more\">Bette Midler Goes On Unhinged Rant Against Fox News Host, Rupert Murdoch And Newt Gingrich Calling For Them To Be \u2018Arrested\u2019 And\u00a0More<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gun control advocate Bette Midler sent out a tweet to her more than two million followers to \u201ccome armed\u201d and protest a National Rifle Association conference in Texas the weekend following the mass shooting in Uvalde. 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