Beto O’Rourke Doubles Down on Gun Confiscation: ‘We’ve Got to Do Something About’ the 40K Gun Deaths Per Year

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Todd And ░░░░░░░░ me now from Houston ░░░░░░░░ former congressman democratic presidential ░░░░░░░░ Beto O rourke Congressman ░░░░░░░░ rourke welcome back to ░░░░░░░░ the Press sir O ░░░░░░░░ Good morning Todd Good ░░░░░░░░ Look senator Republican senatoat ░░░░░░░░ you heard the Chris ░░░░░░░░ comment at the end ░░░░░░░░ the package Pat Toomey ░░░░░░░░ the following I agree ░░░░░░░░ Chris coons This is ░░░░░░░░ awful and extreme idea ░░░░░░░░ there s not enough ░░░░░░░░ in Congress to do ░░░░░░░░ But this rhetoric undermines ░░░░░░░░ hurts bipartisan efforts to ░░░░░░░░ progress on common sense ░░░░░░░░ safety efforts like expanding ░░░░░░░░ checks He went on ░░░░░░░░ record a few other ░░░░░░░░ went on with blind ░░░░░░░░ There s a lot ░░░░░░░░ hand wringing about what ░░░░░░░░ said agreeing with your ░░░░░░░░ but concerned that the ░░░░░░░░ is going to actually ░░░░░░░░ What do you say ░░░░░░░░ ROURKE I think this ░░░░░░░░ shows you how screwed ░░░░░░░░ the priorities in Washington ░░░░░░░░ C are I think ░░░░░░░░ s truly awful is ░░░░░░░░ 17 month old baby ░░░░░░░░ in the face with ░░░░░░░░ AR 15 as happened ░░░░░░░░ Odessa What s truly ░░░░░░░░ is 22 people killed ░░░░░░░░ a Walmart the Saturday ░░░░░░░░ school starts that next ░░░░░░░░ buying their school supplies ░░░░░░░░ of any crime or ░░░░░░░░ threat to this country ░░░░░░░░ fact living in one ░░░░░░░░ the safest cities in ░░░░░░░░ El Paso Texas hunted ░░░░░░░░ by their ethnicity with ░░░░░░░░ weapon that was designed ░░░░░░░░ use on a battlefield ░░░░░░░░ to those doctors and ░░░░░░░░ room surgeons who treated ░░░░░░░░ victims in El Paso ░░░░░░░░ said these are wounds ░░░░░░░░ war that high impact ░░░░░░░░ velocity round when it ░░░░░░░░ their systems just shredded ░░░░░░░░ inside of them I ░░░░░░░░ to accept that And ░░░░░░░░ refuse to even acknowledge ░░░░░░░░ politics or the polling ░░░░░░░░ the fear or the ░░░░░░░░ that has purchased the ░░░░░░░░ and silence of members ░░░░░░░░ Congress This weak response ░░░░░░░░ a real tragedy in ░░░░░░░░ 40 000 gun deaths ░░░░░░░░ year we ve got ░░░░░░░░ do something about it ░░░░░░░░ m proposing that we ░░░░░░░░ something about it Todd ░░░░░░░░ how your change of ░░░░░░░░ To be a bit ░░░░░░░░ here what you just ░░░░░░░░ about sort of the ░░░░░░░░ of Washington you used ░░░░░░░░ be one of those ░░░░░░░░ of Congress who used ░░░░░░░░ advocate this very careful ░░░░░░░░ on guns Where did ░░░░░░░░ go wrong O ROURKE ░░░░░░░░ I reject that Chuck ░░░░░░░░ in Texas in every ░░░░░░░░ one of the 254 ░░░░░░░░ no matter how red ░░░░░░░░ rural or big and ░░░░░░░░ I was showing up ░░░░░░░░ about an assault weapons ░░░░░░░░ in that state a ░░░░░░░░ gun owning state because ░░░░░░░░ also know it s ░░░░░░░░ proud responsible gun owning ░░░░░░░░ And folks said that ░░░░░░░░ the third rail of ░░░░░░░░ in Texas You can ░░░░░░░░ talk about it So ░░░░░░░░ ve been talking about ░░░░░░░░ issues throughout the state ░░░░░░░░ you re right on ░░░░░░░░ 3rd in El Paso ░░░░░░░░ 22 people killed dozens ░░░░░░░░ grievously injured I could ░░░░░░░░ longer accept that that ░░░░░░░░ be enough because there ░░░░░░░░ still more than 10 ░░░░░░░░ assault weapons weapons of ░░░░░░░░ out on the street ░░░░░░░░ if we agree that ░░░░░░░░ re dangerous to sell ░░░░░░░░ we should stop selling ░░░░░░░░ then we also have ░░░░░░░░ agree that these are ░░░░░░░░ of terror that are ░░░░░░░░ out there and have ░░░░░░░░ be brought back home ░░░░░░░░ they are going to ░░░░░░░░ used against us And ░░░░░░░░ s what we ve ░░░░░░░░ in El Paso in ░░░░░░░░ Odessa in Sutherland Springs ░░░░░░░░ are just three communities ░░░░░░░░ Texas.”