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Two years ago today, a terrorist walked into the Pulse nightclub in Orlando and shot 49 people. The club, a gay bar, was hosting a Latin American night, so most of the dead were LGBT and most of the people of color.

Today, LGBT activists and allies across the country mark the deadliest terrorist attack since September 11, the deadliest hate crime against LGBT and the deadliest mass shootings in modern US history. Protests call for stricter gun laws.

They call it National Die-In Day and are supported by the survivors of the Parkland students.

US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), who is standing for re-election, appears to be among the most talked about lawmakers:

#BREAKING: Students sitting in Ted Cruz’s DC office demanding gun control. #NationalDieInDay https://t.co/0QVRLXsQi4

– Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) June 12, 2018

#NationalDieInDay: Bree – a Santa Fe High School student – sent a message to @tedcruz: “I appreciate your thoughts and prayers sir, but my thoughts are that you will be voted out this fall.” pic.twitter.com/vXlK3ViPgO

– Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) June 12, 2018

Some are outside the Capitol, while others are protesting in cities across the country.

LIVE: The students are in the Capitol, two years after Pulse, holding a die-in for stricter gun laws. #NationalDieInDay https://t.co/YA56oTCWS2

– Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) June 12, 2018

“National Die-In Day was organized by three students, Amanda Fugleberg, 18) and Frank Kravchuk, 21, both from Orlando, and Nurah Abdulhaqq, 14, from Douglasville, Georgia,” writes Beatrix Lockwood on The Trace.

#NationalDieInDay in Raleigh, North Carolina. # Pulsehttps: //t.co/8OK4E3mpre

– Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) June 12, 2018

“The three met in a text messaging group in the days after the Parkland shootings discussing ways to build on survivor-instigated activism,” Lockwood’s account continues. “But it wasn’t until they were introduced on Twitter by one of those survivors, David Hogg, that the idea of ​​a nationwide die-in solidified. Hogg quickly signed up as a consultant for the demonstration, helping organizers access resources, and promoting them on social media. “

About 50 people lying in silence over the water of Mar-a-Lago to protest after names of Pulse victims were read out @NationalDieIn @Mar_a_LagoDieIn @WPTV @ChangeTheRef #NationalDieInDay pic.twitter.com/ZtWB61sqUe

– Amy Lipman (@AmyLipman) June 12, 2018

Regardless, there are further protests by LGBT activists and allies calling for gun control measures.

“‘Six hundred and twelve days,’ said Brandon Wolf, a survivor of the 2016 Pulse shoot and organizer of the Pulse Rally to honor them with actions at Orlando City Hall, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

“That’s how long it took for Pulse headlines to become Parkland headlines. … That was how long it took before 49 lives were lost and there were 17 more. And nothing has changed in those 612 days. “

“[Gov.] Rick Scott was so busy appeasing his donors in the gun lobby that he wouldn’t even wear a bloody wristband, “said Wolf, and along with MP Carlos Guillermo Smith from D-Orlando Scott, criticized that he never had a rainbow wristband had worn in two years – while often wearing a red Marjory Stoneman Douglas ribbon.

#NationalDieInDay: Havana is an outspoken activist against gun violence. She is 7 years old.

“I’m here to say, for the kids in elementary school, enough is enough – we may be small, but we are wild.” pic.twitter.com/MKYAqrSVZD

– Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) June 12, 2018

Many use the hashtags #HonorThemWithAction, #pulse, and #Enough is enough.