{"id":596093,"date":"2023-01-09T17:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/09\/shannon-watts-retiring-from-political-juggernaut-moms-demand-action\/"},"modified":"2023-01-09T17:40:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T23:40:00","slug":"shannon-watts-retiring-from-political-juggernaut-moms-demand-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/09\/shannon-watts-retiring-from-political-juggernaut-moms-demand-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Shannon Watts retiring from ‘political juggernaut’ Moms Demand Action"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We\u2019re hearing from a few sources, including Mike Bloomberg himself, that Shannon Watts is stepping down from her role as Dana Loesch\u2019s punching bag on Twitter and from Moms Demand Action as well, the grass-roots advocacy group that she grew into a \u201cpolitical juggernaut.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Over the past decade, @ShannonRWatts<\/a> has transformed @MomsDemand<\/a> from a Facebook page into one of the most powerful and effective advocacy groups in the country.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cOne of the most powerful and effective advocacy groups in the country\u201d? How so?<\/p>\n

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She\u2019s been a great partner and friend, and the 50-state movement she has helped inspire and lead has never been stronger. https:\/\/t.co\/7EUDsNawg5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“Shannon Watts, one of the country’s most influential gun-safety activists, says she will retire later this year from Moms Demand Action, the grass-roots advocacy group she began in her kitchen a decade ago and grew into a political juggernaut.” https:\/\/t.co\/gNHdJLzeid<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rob Romano (@2Aupdates) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“Although she denies opposing the Second Amendment, gun-rights groups have long portrayed her as an enemy of the Constitution who wants legal weapons confiscated.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rob Romano (@2Aupdates) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“Watts changed the original name, ‘One Million Moms for Gun Control,’ after Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) told Watts that ‘gun control’ would ostracize people.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rob Romano (@2Aupdates) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“Watts, however, has accepted that she could face real danger at any time. Before speaking engagements, she said, the primary job of her unarmed security guard is to identify the hospital that would treat her if she got shot.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rob Romano (@2Aupdates) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So she walks around 24\/7 expecting to be shot?<\/p>\n

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yeah so powerful and effective that Constitutional Carry went from being legal in 3 states to now being legal in 25 states\u2026. Great effectiveness.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Beth Mushin (@beth_mushin) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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one of the country’s most influential gun-safety activists \u2026 began in her kitchen a decade ago and grew into a political juggernaut.”
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A decade ago? Over that time more and more states have passed CCW and Constitutional Carry laws.
Great work! https:\/\/t.co\/06WVkUfAS5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“retire”<\/p>\n

She’s still going to be a full time activist.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Assault Clip, #2A Voter (@assaultclip) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I wonder who hired her now?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sean D Sorrentino (@SorrentinoSean) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

CNN? MSNBC?<\/p>\n

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Retired with a fat pension, surely.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jake Palmateer (@Tahawus506) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Gun safety activist? That\u2019s not accurate. Anti gun rights extremist is much more accurate.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Harold Wren (@HaroldWren11) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I’m sure she’ll retire quietly, and we’ll never hear from her again, right folks?<\/p>\n

\u2026 right?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Zephyr (@DJ_Zephyr102) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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wonder what her real net worth is now<\/p>\n

\u2014 Davepool (@2_Ring_Circus) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So Bloomberg says the movement she inspired has never been stronger? Really? Constitutional carry is spreading across the country. Some \u201cjuggernaut\u201d \u2014 we\u2019d kind of forgotten about her.<\/p>\n

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Look no further than Shannon Watts\u2019 reaction to CNN hiring Stephen Gutowski for proof that they made the right decision https:\/\/t.co\/SP1iL2IxyU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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We\u2019re hearing from a few sources, including Mike Bloomberg himself, that Shannon Watts is stepping down from her role as Dana Loesch\u2019s punching bag on Twitter and from Moms Demand Action as well, the grass-roots advocacy group that she grew into a \u201cpolitical juggernaut.\u201d Over the past decade, @ShannonRWatts has transformed @MomsDemand from a Facebook […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":596094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[534,27246,5018],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-596093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-financial","8":"category-shannon","9":"category-watts"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}