Op-Comic: The next shooting spree? The GOP has an app for that!

Gun-violence-response apps for Republicans, by Ward Sutton

By Ward Sutton

May 7, 2023 3:15 AM PT

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Shot GPT: Composes a boilerplate statement of condolence that sounds just as sincere as any actual GOP politician

SnapPray: Automatically sends "thoughts and prayers" to a user's followers in the wake of a massacre

TrikTok: Generates song-and-dance culture war talking points to run out the clock on public's engagement with latest tragedy

Instagun: Exclusively shares provocative photos insensitively when news of the latest mass shooting breaks

Tender: Allows users to swipe right to accept legal tender NRA contributions, no matter the victim count

Whoogle?: Continually searches reports of gun violence to see if anyone the user personally knows has been wounded or killed

Ward Sutton’s cartoons have appeared in the New Yorker and the Boston Globe, among other publications. He won the 2018 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning. @wardsutton

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