.
@POTUS
Take a look at my beautiful son Joaquin with his mother a few years ago smiling in front of the WH.He can't do that anymore because he was shot 4 times inside his school in Parkland 4 years ago. So Im here for him to discuss your plan to prevent similar tragedies.
My son Joaquin was planning to wear these shoes for prom in 2018. He couldn’t do it because he was killed with an assault weapon inside his school. Today I’m wearing his shoes to attend the
@WhiteHouse
& hear how
@POTUS
plans to solve a national crisis that is only getting worse.
We were in Nashville last March 6th inside the representative's chamber. They were voting for fewer restrictions on gun carry. My friends from
@akilah_the
were there with us.
@RepChrisTodd
started recording us. He thought he could intimidate parents that lost their sons. Not…
‘You guys ever heard dead baby jokes?
I got a dead baby.
His name was Joaquin Oliver.
He was gonna be 18, but now he’s dead.
And that’s not a joke.’
— Parkland dad Manuel Oliver recorded this ‘stand up’ set in response to Louis CK
I gave interviews to Channel 10 and Channel 4 yesterday about Florida Legislators arming teachers ...They didn’t show the part when I said: It wouldn’t surprise me if the next school shooter is a teacher.
What an honor to witness the BIG Harvard day of these two. Congratulations to my friends
@davidhogg111
and
@JaclynCorin
Much love! Viva Guac🥑✊🏾❤️ Our team only gets better.
@ChangeTheRef
For
@patriciapadauy
and me, getting arrested is totally irrelevant. What really offends us is the fact that chairman
@FallonForTexas
allowed lie after lie in order to protect the gun industry's ambitious strategy. Our son Joaquin still has a voice and he will use it whenever is…
A dad bought a gun 4 days ago. His 15-year-old son takes the gun and kills 3 people. The son was arrested and refused to cooperate. The dad (gun owner) hires a lawyer to protect his son from being treated as an adult. Fu
@k
the dad, the son, and the system that allows this.
I suggest a NATIONAL STRIKE from all levels of education until federal laws occur. Not fighting back for the next victim of gun violence makes us part of the problem.
#enoughisnow
@AMarch4OurLives
@Team_Enough
Please SHARE!
I’m not leaving until
@POTUS
meets with me and promises to unveil his plan for reducing gun violence at next year’s State of the Union Address. When he ran for office, he promised action. I am here to hold him accountable.
#MeetWithManny
.
@SenTedCruz
This morning we left you a letter that our son Joaquin wrote nine years ago. I wonder if you had chance to read it? I think it’s time for you to listen to our son and start prioritizing kids over the NRA’s money.
If you want your murdered son or daughter to be mentioned at SOTU ,make sure the killer of your kid is an ilegal immigrant. In this “perfect nation” crimes with the blessing of the NRA are fine...We call BS! Remember this👇face Donald! Viva Guac! and the other 40k victims/year.
Day seven in front of the WH! Waiting to meet.
@POTUS
and declare Gun Violence an emergency. I arrived this place 700 victims ago. Lets do the right thing Mr.President.
This is a lie, just like the ones you said during the hearing
@FallonForTexas
. You didn't ask
@patriciapadauy
or me to sit down. You motivated my arrest and excessive force from
@CapitolPolice
. Not happy with that, you made jokes about the situation. That was a wrong move and a…
We,the Oliver’s will never forget every single victim from Pulse Night Club.This issue is beyond Parkland & Orlando & Vegas & Colorado & the next mother fucker that decides to use his right to carry a gun,to kill innocent people. Viva Guac! & the 40k/year victims of gun violence
Trump says “beware of active shooter” I say beware of inactive president...This is what happens when you give more and more power to your gun lobby friends. You keep failing Donald, we won’t! Viva GUAC
@realDonaldTrump
Joaquin:“Dad, we need to go together to see The Rolling Stones next time they come to Miami”
Me:Of course we will..
Tonight The Stones are playing at the Hard Rock and Guac won’t be able to show his “moves like Jagger”. I didn’t start this fight but I will certainly fight back.
There are many fathers beyond Parkland that also lost their kids. Actually, after Parkland, more than 100.000 people have lost their lives because of Gun Violence. Parkland is just another name, another city, another tragedy. I don't trust a President bought by the NRA.
Less than 24 hours after a mass shooting, this is what citizens expect from leaders! I guess there’s no NRA pressure and control over politicians in New Zealand 🇳🇿.
@ChangeTheRef
@fred_guttenberg
@MattxRed
Thousands of Americans die every year due to gun violence. This series of the
#UgliestChristmasSweaters
illustrate the hard truths our society faces. It’s on us to demand that effective measures are taken.
#NationalUglySweaterDay
That face when you put aside your personal feelings and just focus on saving the future of all kids in America. Very proud of you ❤️
@patriciapadauy
! ❤️
@davidhogg111
Viva Guac!
Hey
@Walmart
! I’ve heard you plan to remove some video games from your stores. Not the guns, but the video games...How about removing the stupidity behind you corporate decision?
School violence? Why are you so afraid to call this Gun Violence? The real name is GUN ViOLENCE and it’s killing 100’s per day. Changing the name of the epidemic wont fix it. BTW, my son is Joaquin “Guac” Oliver and he is watching your every move.
@patriciapadauy
@realDonaldTrump
One year ago today, a horrific act of violence took the lives of 14 students and 3 educators in Parkland, Florida. On this somber anniversary, we honor their memory and recommit to ensuring the safety of all Americans, especially our Nation’s children...
This is happening tomorrow! Stay tuned. Over the last 6 decades, more than 200K kids have been killed with guns in our country.That is four times the number of U.S. soldiers killed in action in Vietnam,Persia, Afghanistan, and Iraq wars, all together. KEEP THE WALKOUTS!…
Celebrating Father’s day? Enjoy it 100% because you never know for how long you’ll be able to do this. Make sure you never regret not getting involved in the fight against gun violence before is too late. Viva Guac! ❤️🥑👍
@patriciapadauy
Talking about making our communities safer on the subway from the House office buildings to the Capitol.
I am endlessly inspired by
@manueloliver00
@fred_guttenberg
We are running out of time here! Action is required without more BS. Moving forward, our leaders will need to listen to the youth. The time is NOW! Viva Guac and the other 40k/year victims. Help us by sharing this and please donate here
.
@manueloliver00
is making sure that Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz who tried to silence him and other Parkland parents in a hearing on gun violence is not re-elected
Dorian got USA in panic with predictions of hitting land and hurting people ,even getting Mayors and police to work on evacuation plans...No one did shit to prevent a mass shooting in Texas. I guess there’s no way to predict the next move from Gun Violence. I blame
@senatemajldr
The “brave NRA” looking like fools after shitting their pants when 23 empty school buses showed up at their headquarters. I guess they live in constant fear. Now we know how easy it is to get rid of them.
@bradybuzz
@AMarch4OurLives
@Team_Enough
@NRA
@ChangeTheRef
Here is a picture of our friend Aldane who lost his brother Akilah Dasilva because of gun violence. Today he was attending school while three children were shot and killed. Let’s have another hearing to protect the gun industry
@RepPatFallon
@NRA
and any other idiot that shows!…
No distractions allowed! We stand with the Tennesse 3 all the way. But don't let this news cycle make you forget the Tennesse 6 shot and killed ten days ago. Keep the WALKOUTS!
@AMarch4OurLives
@Team_Enough
@StudentsDemand
Now-former TN State Rep.
@brotherjones_
finds some reason for optimism:
"...But I'm also hopeful because I saw thousands of people, and in fact people across this nation, millions who are paying attention to what happened and are challenging it, saying that it was wrong ..."
A 3D-printed statue of teen Joaquin "Guac" Oliver, one of the victims from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting, has been unveiled in
#TimesSquare
to protest 3D guns.
#GuacIsBack
#3Dactivist
Day 11 in front of the White House. I am experiencing another birthday without Joaquin. Today I turn 54 and have very little to celebrate but a lot to accomplish. Waiting to meet with
@POTUS
to start a new narrative behind Gun Violence in America.
#MeetWithManny
Is this the new norm? Our kids need us to keep them alive! NRA will be voted out in November. ‘You should feel unsettled when viewing these.’ Gun-control statues aim to evoke students’ terror during lockdowns...
@ChangeTheRef
@davidhogg111
@AMarch4OurLives
“I will say the hardest thing about being in this job is being a dad,” Ted Cruz said, adding that he often misses basketball games and other engagements for his two young daughters.
It could be worse Ted! Thanks to you & your NRA friends, Guac won’t have anymore games to play.
@realDonaldTrump
I’m from Venezuela & I’m also an American Citizen. My son Joaquin Oliver was murdered in Parkland just like many kids die in Venezuela every day. He was killed because guys like you support the NRA & the gun lobby over kids lives. You are just a rich and blond version of Maduro.
So Mitch!!!! What’s holding you? Is it the money from the gun lobby or the fact that you don’t have the balls to fight them back?... How many more Mitch?
@senatemajldr
40,000 people died from gun shot wounds in the US last year, & we have another mass shooting in Gilroy that's getting lots of media attention. Why aren't reporters asking
@senatemajldr
why he isn't allowing the background check bill the House passed this year on the Senate floor?
We, the responsible parents will never stop fighting for our kids. Nobody fucks with our loved ones without a consequence in return. The social change is coming and is almost here so get ready for a Gun Safety Certified Nation.
3D Activist, Joaquin, along with his dad Manuel Oliver, Artist/Activist,
@ChangeTheRef
shows us the untraditional way they fight gun violence and push for stricter
#gunlaws
.
Access more insights with
#CannesLions
TV:
When
@mattgaetz
refused to hear us out, and said building a wall would prevent more deaths than gun violence that was it, Lets get him out for 2020. Fund his future opponent right now! Donate $20.20 here and lets be done with this guy:
I remember Joaquin telling me about this rapper that was in some local party that he went last year around March...Today XXXTentation was shot and murdered 20 minutes away from where Guac was murdered. How should we feel about this?
@davidhogg111
@ChangeTheRef
@MattxRed
“Hero cop who took down Texas mall shooter made ...” Another Hero cop who stopped what could have been worse. A sick narrative that makes people feel better. There are no hero’s in the story! There are only victims, coward politicians, and a shooter practicing his constitutional…
Dear White House correspondents, here I am again 400 victims later. Please ask
@presssec
today during the daily press briefing why the
@potus
administration won’t speak TODAY to the father of a Parkland mass shooting victim standing at the gates of the White House?
27 NRA backed candidates lost in this midterm elections! The most ever. Strong message for future candidates: Receiving money from the NRA is not cool.
#ChangeTheRef
Last night
@manueloliver00
and I were interviewed on
@TheLastWord
. Proud to support my friend as we work to keep truth on this fight and to reduce 40,000 gun violence deaths per year.
I’ll be at the sotu tomorrow. I wonder if Trump will address the real national emergency—the 40k gun deaths that take innocent lives like my son, Joaquin’s
#SOTU2019
I’m honored to have
@manueloliver00
as my
#SOTU2019
guest. Manny & Patricia carry on their son Joaquin’s memory & the 16 others lost on 2/14 through their artwork, activism & unyielding commitment to change.
We need to make this a
#SOTU2EndGunViolence
No White House meetimg for me.I don’t need a meeting with a president that got $30M for his 2016 campaign from the NRA. It’s obvious that he can’t propose a fair plan to fight Gun Violence.I’d rather meet the youth,the ones with the last call and no fear to mention guns.
Hey tax payers: your hard earned money just went to pay for a shit show of a trial and now you get to pay for a mass murderer’s whole life. And he’s only 24. If you’re not furious, you don’t get it.
The drug war in Mexico took 50K lives since 2006. But what tends to get lost amid coverage of this epic bloodletting is just how effective the drug business has become. 33K Americans die from guns every year; that’s more than 90 people a day...
NRA is just our local CARTEL
Oops! Just got a call from Tallahassee...Someone is offended about the painting and is not Joaquin Oliver, the deer or the panther. BAN Assault Weapons NOW! For Guac and the other 40k/year victims from gun violence.
Proud to announce that I just endorsed
@SenBillNelson
for reelection to the Senate. I was joined by other Parkland families as well. Now we get to work.
After withholding my US passport and going over a “luggage checking” because of Guac’s Tijuana Wall, a few very friendly immigration officers that are NOT GETTING PAID, finally told me “Welcome Home”. VIVA GUAC!🥑
Am I the only one that thinks it’s to early to open the champagne? I should be celebrating my son’s first year in college! Instead, some people think that I should celebrate that after 20 years of laziness and corruption, congress finally decided to vote using common sense.
I’ve said this before but I’m going to say it again for the record
If I die from gun violence I want my photo published, there will be those that say you are politicizing tragedy—
They are wrong, not doing anything to stop it this violence is politicizing tragedy.
#MyLastShot
I hope you all celebrate thanksgiving in colors, just like we used to do. We wish a wonderful ironic happy thanksgiving to all politicians that couldn’t care less about our families. Enjoy your Turkey while we look at the empty chair.
@JoeBiden
@ChangeTheRef
@davidhogg111
Mitch McConnell is responsible for every victim from gun violence till he brings HR8 (S42) to the senate floor so they can vote. CALL HIM NOW! . Viva Guac and the other 40k/year victims.
I really think this nation deserves better citizens like Joaquin, his mother and his sister. And maybe less idiots like this one. BTW, I’m not offended, I’m just concerned about who else can still defend the gun culture as a sacred law.
Here's a 100k reasons.... This is beyond Parkland, beyond schools and even beyond Joaquin. This is about every one of the 40k/year victims of Gun Violence.
The Parkland trial chapter has closed, and we must get back to saving lives.
@ChangeTheRef
’s focus has been interrupted for way too long, in a time that demands our full attention to build a better future. On behalf of the Oliver family, interviews about this matter end today.
Day 12! I got here 1,200 victims ago. Many incidents during the weekend all around the country. The way we react is shameful.
@POTUS
, please meet with me so we can elevate this issue and declare war on Gun Violence.
#MeetWithManny
Day # 8 and no meeting. More survivors and advocates will join us at 1pm . We all want the same “fight for gun safety”. Mr
@POTUS
I'm not going anywhere until we can have our meeting and you commit to prioritizing gun violence prevention. Viva Guac!
#meetwithmanny
I’m at
@whitehouse
this AM to talk to
@joebiden
. When he was running for president,
@joebiden
personally promised me that he’d fight to strengthen our nation’s gun laws. It’s been a year and he hasn’t done nearly enough to advance gun reform. I'm done waiting. We need action NOW
Thank you for the inspiration and legacy. I'm sure you already met Joaquin and started planning good things for all of us. Keep the good fight from heaven, Desmond Tutu.
@davidhogg111
@callmeX
@patriciapadauy
A guy with a skateboard will always be cooler than a guy with an AR15. For me, this is a declaration of WAR, and I'm in! The final battle will take place on Nov 3rd. After that, your stupid gun culture will start vanishing.
Got a $12 voucher & Hotel room from
@AmericanAir
. GAME OVER for me with AA. I bought a new ticket and hopefully will get back home later today. Next steps: Write email to corporate & move back to my original fight. I can’t let myself get distracted from gun violence. GO GUAC!
Hey
@mattgaetz
here’s an easy way to understand how much you suck! I’m already looking for a nice wall in Pensacola so I can dedicate you some street art with a message from Guac and all his young friends that plan to vote you out.
WATCH: Our powerful new video exposes Matt Gaetz for using disinformation & chaos to stay in power.
I saw our enemies use the same tactics when I served during the Cold War. Now it's happening here.
It's time for change.
Help us defeat Matt Gaetz here:
In 2018, Joaquin Oliver was shot and killed in the Parkland school shooting.
His parents used AI to bring him back to tell people how voting can prevent these kinds of tragedies from happening to any more families.