The United States just experienced its worst mass shooting in history. Fifty members of the LGBT community were gunned down in a gay nightclub in Orland0, Florida while 53 more were taken to the hospital, many with life threatening injuries.The assailant, a Muslim man yielding an AR-15 assault rifle, was allegedly (according to his father) incensed after seeing two men kiss, and a rage brewed inside him.And now that the carnage is over, millions have offered their thoughts and prayers. Included in those thoughts and prayers are the phony and hackneyed  prayers  from the very people who 99 percent of the time, side with guns over people s lives: Republicans.From Senators to Governors to members of the House (the same people who voted against LGBT equality and for near total gun  rights ), Republicans offered their thoughts to the victims and their families.But the deputy director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Igor Volsky, reminded the people why the GOP s  thoughts and prayers  are just that   and nothing else:We pray you will have the courage to stand up to @NRA and start national conversation about limiting access to guns https://t.co/aEq1YJw3pd  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016 Sen @TomCottonAR received $2,581,794 in expenditures from NRA, so he voted against closing terror gap back in Dec https://t.co/XEOVJHjL5d  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016.@SenCapito go $94,261 in expenditures from @NRA, so she voted against bill denying guns to people on terror list https://t.co/YalqnQ5w7R  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016 .@NRA dumped $922K into McConnell s re-elect, so he voted against stopping people on terror list from buying guns https://t.co/W9dVwBZ959  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016Terrorists urge followers to buy guns in US https://t.co/VlFf7wX2TA @JerryMoran voted 2keep FBI from stopping them https://t.co/URFLZ3Nkh6  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016 .@SenBobCorker received $5,929 in expenditures from @NRA and in Dec voted against bill to deny terrorists guns https://t.co/RrJvEyYgy9  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016Heartbreaking that you took $7,500 from @NRA and now won t stand up to their opposition of all sensible gun laws https://t.co/w1rXF7O0tN  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016 .@SenPatRoberts got $322,453+ in expenditures from @NRA, so his response to biggest mass shooting will be this tweet https://t.co/sYx4C8UqbS  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016.@RepReneeEllmers got $2K from @NRA during 2014 election cycle to reduce gun violence using her #ThoughtsAndPrayers https://t.co/vkm28hnJdL  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016 Also devastating you took $26K in contributions from pro-gun groups & now won t do anything to prevent un violence https://t.co/h7iB7XG0Na  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016.@KellyAyotte voted against expanding background checks after Newtown.Now she s back to just thinking & praying https://t.co/7ofKPwholg  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016 Sen @JohnCornyn got $15,909 in expenditures from @NRA so voted against measure restricting guns to terrorists in Dec https://t.co/3ObobdOMKT  igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 12, 2016 No one is believing the GOP or their crocodile tears. Thoughts and prayers mean nothing if you aren t willing to change the system.Senate Republicans allowed people on terrorist watchlists to have guns. The Orlando shooter was on such a list. Republicans cannot be taken seriously and their thoughts are empty and their prayers mean nothing.Featured image via Ethan Miller/Getty Images