Gillibrand: Rubio Doesn’t Have ‘Courage’ to Turn Down NRA Donations

Gillibrand: Rubio Doesn’t Have ‘Courage’ to Turn Down NRA Donations (The Washington Free Beacon)

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) said Monday that Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) didn't have the "courage" to tell a school shooting survivor that he wouldn't accept any more donations from the National Rifle Association.

Speaking in Texas for "A Symposium on Texas Women," Gillibrand, who earned an "A" rating from the NRA as an upstate New York congresswoman before entering the Senate, said she evolved on gun rights when she met with families affected by gun violence in Brooklyn and was told she needed to do something.

Gillibrand cited the teenagers who survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and their activism for gun control, including when Cameron Kasky asked Rubio at a CNN town hall last week if he would no longer take NRA donations. Rubio said he would not turn them down because people "buy into my agenda."