On Wednesday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Republicans want to see all the facts before proposing any new gun legislation in the wake of the latest school shooting. That prompted a heated confrontation between New York Congressmember Jamaal Bowman and Kentucky Republican Congressmember Thomas Massie, just off the House floor, where Bowman accused Republicans of refusing to save children’s lives.
This comes after Manuel Oliver, father of Joaquin, one of 17 people killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was arrested at a hearing last week in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, after he and his wife Patricia spoke out during a subcommittee hearing on the Second Amendment that was chaired by Texas Republican Pat Fallon. Florida Democrat and committee member Maxwell Frost tweeted a video of Oliver, quote, “being arrested for speaking out at a committee hearing. Manny is a hero. He didn’t deserve this.”
— source democracynow.org | Mar 31, 2023