Texas GOPer Tweets Image of Noose for Republicans Who Even Debate Background Checks
On Thursday, 16 Republican senators voted to move forward with debate on gun control legislation. Texas Railroad Commissioner Barry Smitherman's response: hang them.
Smitherman, a Republican who oversees the state's oil and gas industry (the name is a bit of an anachronism) retweeted an image listing all 16 GOP senators, along with an image of a noose with "treason" on top of it:
RT @psychscriv: Make sure none of these people have seats in 2014. twitter.com/PsychScriv/sta…We are in trouble when these Rs side w/ Sen Reid
— Barry Smitherman (@SmithermanTX) April 11, 2013
Smitherman still has a long way to go if he wants to claim the biggest overreaction to gun control legislation. Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) alleged that national firearms databases could lead to "evil consequences"—such as genocide.
Update: The image has been taken down, but here it is:
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141030004204im_/http://www.motherjones.com/files/graham_2.jpg)
@smithermanTX/Twitter
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