{"id":32779,"date":"2023-01-09T22:55:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T22:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=32779"},"modified":"2023-01-09T22:55:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T22:55:46","slug":"shannon-watts-retiring-from-demanding-mommies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=32779","title":{"rendered":"Shannon Watts Retiring From Demanding Mommies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:1273,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/MomsDemand?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2433,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/t.co\\\/pCDCRjUVPn&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2434,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/shannonrwatts\\\/status\\\/1612528142345986048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2435,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/dc-md-va\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/09\\\/shannon-watts-retire-moms-demand-action&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Shannon Watts, who founded Moms Demand Action as a way to reinvigorate her PR career, is now stepping down as the leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After starting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MomsDemand?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MomsDemand<\/a> and serving as a full-time volunteer for a decade, I\u2019m stepping back from my leadership role at the end of 2023. It&#39;s been the honor of a lifetime to lead this organization and fight for gun safety while empowering women to lead.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pCDCRjUVPn\">https:\/\/t.co\/pCDCRjUVPn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shannonrwatts\/status\/1612528142345986048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 9, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> \n\n\n\n<p>According to an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2023\/01\/09\/shannon-watts-retire-moms-demand-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exclusive story in the Washington Post<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; written by a reporter for whose book Watts gave a endorsement blurb &#8211; she used her AD\/HD disorder to &#8220;hyperfocus for many hours straight, a skill she\u2019s harnessed hundreds of times to live-tweet details and context after shootings.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Context after shootings? Is this a new term for dancing in the blood of the victims?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story also stated her security guard was &#8220;unarmed&#8221; and that his job was to know where the nearest hospital was if she got attacked. I&#8217;m sorry but that is Grade A bullshit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having watched Watts over the years as she moved from Indiana to Colorado to California, all I can surmise is that she is either going to run for office herself or has found another billionaire for her next self-aggrandizing project. I just cannot see her giving up the limelight to retire to a quiet life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I built a dossier on Watts over the years using publicly available information. Most of it was just general information such as the value of her various mansions, wedding pictures, etc. I did find interesting her hypocrisy on campus carry given that her older daughter Abby started college at Colorado State University where campus carry was legal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So as Shannon supposedly rides off into the sunset, I dedicate this 1969 hit single to her. I would just change the &#8220;him&#8221; in the lyrics to &#8220;her&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jsaTElBljOE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shannon Watts, who founded Moms Demand Action as a way to reinvigorate her PR career, is now stepping down&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[529,337],"class_list":["post-32779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-moms-demand-action","tag-shannon-watts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32779"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32781,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32779\/revisions\/32781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}