{"id":686975,"date":"2021-08-26T14:06:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T18:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=686975"},"modified":"2021-08-26T14:06:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T18:06:22","slug":"state-dept-offers-thoughts-and-prayers-after-terrorist-attack-leftists-have-mocked-that-phrase-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-offers-thoughts-and-prayers-after-terrorist-attack-leftists-have-mocked-that-phrase-for-years\/","title":{"rendered":"State Dept. Offers \u2018Thoughts And Prayers\u2019 After Terrorist Attack. Leftists Have Mocked That Phrase For Years."},"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\">32<\/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%2Fstate-dept-offers-thoughts-and-prayers-after-terrorist-attack-leftists-have-mocked-that-phrase-for-years%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=686975&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234865345.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Thursday, after reports stated that a number of U.S. troops were killed in the terrorist attack on the Kabul airport, the U.S. State Department issued a statement confirming some troops had died, concluding by offering their \u201cthoughts and prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The State Department stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p><em>We can confirm that a number of U.S. Service members were killed in today\u2019s complex attack at the Kabul airport. A number of others are being treated for wounds. We also know that a number of Afghans fell victim to this heinous attack. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the loved ones and teammates of all those killed or injured.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.7402234636872\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DOD spox: &#8220;We can confirm that a number of U.S. service members were killed in today\u2019s complex attack at Kabul airport.  A number of others are being treated for wounds. We also know that a number of Afghans fell victim to this heinous attack. Our thoughts and prayers go out\u2026&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/elbnf86Qmt\">pic.twitter.com\/elbnf86Qmt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1430942386075676681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Members of the Left have mocked conservatives for offering thoughts and prayers after people were killed for years, demanding action. After the massacres in El Paso and Dayton in August 2019, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/cue-the-thoughts-and-prayers\/2019\/08\/05\/2de2b8d6-b7b8-11e9-bad6-609f75bfd97f_story.html\">wrote<\/a> venomously:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12.600877192982\">\n<p><em>Cue the thoughts and prayers! \u201cMelania and I send our heartfelt thoughts and prayers,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/1157868519964499968\">tweeted<\/a> President Trump, who vows to veto gun control. \u201cElaine\u2019s and my prayers go out to the victims,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/senatemajldr\/status\/1157787985041088513\">tweeted<\/a>&nbsp;Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who blocks votes on gun control. Do they not realize that \u201cthoughts and prayers\u201d has become a meme, a cynical punchline conveying inaction on guns? It\u2019s what people say when they plan to do nothing.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cActually, we criticize prayer in lieu of action,\u201d Milbank pontificated.<\/p>\n<p>Actor Mark Ruffalo tweeted in February 2018 after the Parkland shooting: \u201cPrayers without accordant action are silent lies told to oneself, heard by no God, amounting to nothing. Action is the language of truth, the prayers of the Saints.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.042253521127\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prayers without accordant action are silent lies told to oneself, heard by no God, amounting to nothing. Action is the language of truth, the prayers of the Saints.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkRuffalo\/status\/963908524601413632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In April 2020, former First Lady Melania Trump was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/melania-trump-thoughts-prayers-coronavirus-reaction_n_5ea3d4b1c5b6d376358fe4ae\">taunted by the Left<\/a> for using \u201cempty words\u201d after she offered this tweet during the coronavirus crisis: \u201cOur thoughts &amp; prayers continue to be w\/ each person suffering &amp; fighting to recover from this terrible virus, &amp; with all of the families who have lost loved ones. Even though we are physically apart, we are all in this fight together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/20\/us\/thoughts-and-prayers-florida-school-shooting-trnd\/index.html\">reported<\/a> in May 2018:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><em>In one highly-shared image that circulated after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting in February, \u201cThoughts and Prayers\u201d is imprinted on the side of a garbage truck. Another meme shows an empty van. \u201cExcellent news,\u201d it reads. \u201cThe first truckload of your thoughts and prayers has just arrived.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_5503BF08-AA7E-A74A-C067-9AECAD424264@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\"><em>Jokes, mere hours after a deadly shooting? To the voices behind the dark humor, the persistence of \u201cthoughts and prayers\u201d is the real joke.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As a presidential candidate in 2019, Kamala Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/kamalaharris.medium.com\/no-more-thoughts-and-prayers-a485a51718f6\">wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"19\">\n<p><em>As President, I will ask Congress to place comprehensive gun reform on my desk within 100 days. If they fail to act, I will take action. Here is what I will do:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I will revoke the licenses of gun manufacturers and dealers that break the law and take the most egregious offenders to court.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I will mandate the most comprehensive background checks in history by requiring anyone who sells more than five guns in a year to run a background check on all gun sales.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And I will ban the importation of AR-15-style assault weapons into the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>These are actions well within the powers of the presidency. And I will take them. This is a public health emergency that needs to be addressed. No more thoughts and prayers. We need action.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, after reports stated that a number of U.S. troops were killed in the terrorist attack on the Kabul airport, the U.S. State Department issued a statement confirming some &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-686975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}