Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” while discussing President Donald Trump’s “shithole” comments on immigration, Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) said he thought Trump was “a racist.” When asked, Lewis said, “I think he is a racist.” He added, “We have to stand
On Monday morning, the day after armed attackers struck a mosque in stringently gun-controlled Quebec, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman told CNN’s Chris Cuomo that President Trump should forget the immigration suspension and pass gun control if he really wants to keep Americans safe.
During her July 28 speech to the DNC, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-52) described gun control as part of building a “strong America.”
On July 8 the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held a press conference in which they criticized police for officer-involved shootings of black men and used the attack on Dallas Police officers to call for more gun control.
But Politico reports that Paul Ryan is standing his ground, for now. And that he met with Representatives John Lewis (D-GA-5) and John Larson (D-CT-1)–two leaders behind last month’s gun control sit-in–in hopes of talking them into forgoing more disruptions of House business.
Various Representatives who either took part in the failed sit-in for gun control or supported it from afar say that action was just the tip of the iceberg, that “guerrilla tactics” for gun control will be forthcoming.
Liberal comedy website Funny or Die held a ten-hour stand-up comedy marathon late Wednesday into early Thursday morning to show support for the current Democrat push for more gun control. The marathon — which reportedly began Wednesday night and lasted until 4:30
Democrat House members ended their sit-in on June 23 without securing any new gun control or even a vote on gun control.
House Democrats have launched a “sit-in” on the House floor intended to force Republican leadership to allow a vote on gun control.
