“The fuse has been lit”.
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Yet, for 25 hours beginning on Wednesday and stretching into Thursday, Democrats in the House engaged a high-profile stunt that appeared to do little to genuinely advance that debate in Congress. Lewis said. “It’s a senseless and unbelievable murder of babies, little children, people in a supermarket, going to a theater, or to a club – and the time for action is now”.
Fontana Mayor Acquanetta Warren said that in order to minimize the number of mass shootings in the nation, Congress should start a dialogue and eventually come up with solutions. Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada.
Ryan said he would not consider the bill backed by Democrats and sponsored by Rep. Pete King (R-Seaford) to ban selling guns to people on terrorist watch and no-fly lists because it would deprive them of a constitutional right without due process.
“Calling this a sit-in is a disgrace to Woolworth’s”, Rep. Mark Walker tweeted, referring to a monumental civil rights sit-in at the department store.
Ryan retaliated by cutting off C-SPAN cameras and banging the session to a close.
Said Ryan: “We can disagree on policy but we do so within the bounds of order and respect for the system, otherwise it all falls apart”. This is just one step of when we come back here on July the 5th we’re going to continue to push, to pull, to stand up, and if necessary, to sit down. “We must act, and we will not leave the House floor or Washington without taking action to prevent the next tragedy”.
That decision marked a major victory for the National Rifle Association in its campaign to fend off new restrictions on gun purchases.
“Like all of you here today, it’s personal to me”, she said. We got in the way. People filled with hate take these high-capacity military style weapons into elementary schools and movie theaters.
Here’s the video of Pelosi and Lewis speaking to the crowd before standing together with the group and singing, “We Shall Overcome“. “The American people are demanding that we do something about the proliferation of guns”.
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Hours earlier, Republicans had exited the Capitol, branding the remarkable sit-in a publicity stunt and summarily adjourning the chamber at about 3:15 a.m. EDT until after the Fourth of July.
