The testimony at the hearings around gun violence today in the House was searing
This was a tough one to watch. And the Republicans were even worse than usual.
Miguel Cerrillo, the father of Uvalde elementary school shooting survivor Miah Cerrillo, gives emotional testimony to House lawmakers:
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"I coulda lost my baby girl. She is not the same little girl … Schools are not safe anymore. Something needs to really change." pic.twitter.com/twuwpuvyxX
Kimberly Rubio, mother of Lexi Rubio, a fourth-grader who was shot and killed in Uvalde, Texas school shooting:
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"I told her we loved her and we would pick her up after school … I left my daughter at that school. And that decision will haunt me for the rest of my life." pic.twitter.com/Ka2rbL6rZI
Uvalde's sole pediatrician Dr. Roy Guerrero, who treated Robb Elementary victims, testifies before Congress:
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"We are bleeding out and you are not there … I do my job. And I guess it turns out that I am here to plead, to beg to please, please do yours." pic.twitter.com/Utvaq0ERri
There were lots of fireworks from congressional members:
Rep. @AOC (D-NY): "Between 2009 and 2018, how many school shootings did the United States have?"@BeckyPringle: "288."
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AOC: "Let's look globally, our G7 partners…how many school shootings did those countries have?"
Pringle: "Five."
AOC: "It is internationally embarrassing." pic.twitter.com/pWMgSSuxSK
“In the history of our species, a number of civilizations have practiced or allowed human sacrifice, including the sacrifice of children … Will we be recorded as such a society?”
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— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) at House Oversight Committee hearing on gun violence pic.twitter.com/mCW5dTntJm
"We have trained kids to hide under their tables. We have trained teachers to barricade their doors … Now, are we going to train kids to cover themselves with their friends' blood in order to survive?"
— The Recount (@therecount) June 8, 2022
— Rep. @Ilhan Omar (D-MN) calls for gun reform pic.twitter.com/RNYFwcexpQ
Johnson: In Uvalde, 19 good guys with guns didn’t stop the killer of 19 school kids and two teachers… pic.twitter.com/IpTbYowkng
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And now for the fatuous gun zealots:
“You know what these houses did not have that were built 100 years ago? … Locks! Locks! Now I ask you all, what happened to that country?”
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— Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) makes a very confusing argument against gun reform at House Oversight Committee hearing pic.twitter.com/Fn9siCA7dg
"To those who say that teachers or staff will not take up arms to protect their students, I say they will."
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— Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) at the House hearing on gun violence pic.twitter.com/msV3wJgoIa
"Airplanes were used [on 9/11] … There wasn't a conversation about banning airplanes."
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— House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) pic.twitter.com/t4LwDfw8T7
"We had AR-15s in the 1960s. We didn't have those mass school shootings … We actually had prayer in school during those days."
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— House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) pic.twitter.com/NndUf3D5xb