Quinta Brunson: No school shooting episode on 'Abbott Elementary'

In the wake of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting, "Abbott Elementary" creator-star Quinta Brunson is rebuffing requests from the public to have her ABC sitcom, set in a financially strapped Philadelphia school, reflect that tragedy.

"Wild how many people have asked for a school shooting episode of the show I write," the 32-year-old comedian tweeted Wednesday, following the massacre that left 19 children and two teachers dead. "People are that deeply removed from demanding more from the politicians they've elected and are instead demanding 'entertainment.' I can't ask 'are y'all ok' anymore because the answer is 'no.' "

She added, "Please use that energy to ask your elected official to get on Beto time and nothing less," she said, referencing Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate and gun-regulation advocate Beto O'Rourke. "I'm begging you." A few minutes afterward, Brunson tweeted, "I don't want to sound mean, but I want people to understand the flaw in asking for something like this. we're not okay. this country is rotting our brains. im sad about it."

Sometime later Brunson tweeted, "Exhibit A: one of many," and posted an image of an unnamed person's evident text asking, "For the eventual series finale, a school shooting episode to highlight the numerous ones in this nation. Formulate an angle that would get our government to understand why laws need to pass. I think Abbott Elementary can affect change. I love the show," a well-reviewed hit that recently ended its first season (and has been renewed for a second).

Several hours earlier, in response to the shooting at Robb Elementary — the 27th school shooting with injuries or deaths in the United States this year, and the 119th since 2018, according to tracking by Education Week magazine — Brunson had tweeted, "Sick to my stomach tonight over the love affair America has with guns."

She latter added, "If you vote, demand more from the people you elected to change laws. And everyone should consider supporting local gun violence prevention groups. They work and help keep people alive."