--- title: 'They Have No Soul.' Ted Nugent Targets Parkland Survivors description: Singer and NRA board member Ted Nugent criticized Parkland shooting survivors calling them "soulless" and "ignorant." canonical: https://time.com/5223651/ted-nugent-parkland-students/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-31T19:55:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T19:50:24.339Z article:section: Politics og:title: 'They Have No Soul.' Ted Nugent Targets Parkland Survivors og:description: "The evidence is irrefutable, they have no soul." og:url: https://time.com/5223651/ted-nugent-parkland-students/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79f204c5e8805694/69887cb40a4a22473c9c8486/ted-nugent.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Charlie Daniels 2015 Volunteer Jam - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'They Have No Soul.' Ted Nugent Targets Parkland Survivors twitter:description: "The evidence is irrefutable, they have no soul." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79f204c5e8805694/69887cb40a4a22473c9c8486/ted-nugent.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'They Have No Soul.' Ted Nugent Lashes Out at Parkland Shooting Survivors by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Mar 31, 2018 7:55 PM UTC  Ted Nugent performs at Charlie Daniels' 2015 Volunteer Jam at Bridgestone Arena on August 12, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. Ted Nugent performs at Charlie Daniels' 2015 Volunteer Jam at Bridgestone Arena on August 12, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee.John Shearer—Getty Images by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Mar 31, 2018 7:55 PM UTC Singer and NRA board member Ted Nugent criticized [Parkland shooting survivors](http://time.com/5210892/barack-michelle-obama-parkland-march-lives/) calling them “soulless” and “ignorant.” “I really feel sorry for them because it’s not only ignorant and dangerously stupid, but it’s soulless. To attack the good, law-abiding families of America when well-known, predictable murderers commit these horrors is deep in the category of soulless,” Nugent said on “The Joe Pags Show,”[ according to The Hill. ](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/381108-ted-nugent-parkland-students-protesting-gun-violence-are)“These poor children, I’m afraid to say this and it hurts me to say this, but the evidence is irrefutable, they have no soul.” Nugent, a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump has a history of making controversial comments. He added that the students’ comments come from outside influence. Though he said he would[ no longer engage in “hateful rhetoric”](http://time.com/4822417/ted-nugent-hateful-rhetoric-curtis-eboni/) following a shooting at a congressional baseball practice that left Republican members injured. “The dumbing down of America is manifested in the culture deprivation of our academia that have taught these kids the lies, media that have prodded and encouraged and provided these kids lies,” Nugent said. Nugent’s comments come after Fox News host Laura Ingraham [saw an exodus of advertisers](http://time.com/money/5222218/laura-ingraham-david-hogg-advertising-boycott/) for her show _The Ingraham Angle_ after mocking David Hogg, one of the shooting survivors and a gun-control activist. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5223651/ted-nugent-parkland-students/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5223651/ted-nugent-parkland-students/"},"headline":"'They Have No Soul.' 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