One of the most impassioned responses came from Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr.
We’re going to start the same way tonight.
Any basketball questions don’t matter.
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Since we left shootaround, 14 children were killed 400 miles from here, and a teacher.
When are we going to do something?
I’m tired of the moments of silence.
And there’s a reason they won’t vote on it: To hold onto power.
Because that’s what it looks like.
It’s what we do every week.
We can’t get numb to this.
That’s what we’re going to do, we’re going to play a basketball game.
And 50 Senators in Washington are going to hold us hostage.
90% of us.
They won’t vote on it because they want to hold on to their own power.
I’ve had enough.
Kerr is far from the only outraged, frustrated, and heartbroken public figure to speak out.
Its long past time for action, any kind of action,he writes.
And its another tragedya quieter but no less tragic onefor families to wait another day.
See more reactions from prominent people, below.
Former President Barack Obama shared his thoughts in a series of tweets.
Barack Obama (@BarackObama)May 25, 2022
Were also angry for them.
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy gave a speech about the shooting, asking, What are we doing?
Why are you here?!
A furious Sen. Chris Murphy demands answers from senators following Texas school shooting.
Beto ORourke interrupts ongoing press conference by Texas Gov.
It takes a monster to kill children.
But to watch monsters kill children again and again and do nothing isnt just insanityits inhumanity.
Like when is enough enough man!!!
These are kids and we keep putting them in harms way at school.
Like seriously AT SCHOOL where it’s suppose to be the safest!
LeBron James (@KingJames)May 24, 2022
There simply has to be change!
HAS TO BE!!
.. Praying to the heavens above to all with kids these days in schools.
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.
Then it happens again.
Those survivors are still so young.
We’ve been at enough for centuries.
Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu)May 24, 2022
Dont anyone dare do thoughts and prayers.
We are way past that.
What will it take to prioritize humanity over politics?
