Following the Orlando nightclub shooting in June 2016 , Phil Plait wrote that while it was " natural and very human " to " send their thoughts and express their grief ... it 's cynically hypocritical when politicians do it '' and nothing else '' " , later noting it was " particularly galling " to see " all the NRA-funded lawmakers tweeting their ' thoughts and prayers ' " . An accompanying '' Slate '' post provided a selected list of members of Congress who had tweeted " thoughts and prayers " along with the amount of campaign contributions they had received from gun rights groups , based on research provided by Igor Volsky of the Center for American Progress
Orlando nightclub shooting
Orlando nightclub shooting
Thoughts and prayers