Bakari Sellers: ‘I Am Under No Illusion that We’re Going To Have Any Gun Control or Laws Change’

SELLERS: "Because I don’t feel like this falls in the lap of Donald Trump. And that’s going to sound a little strange to say. I think he’s emblematic of a larger problem we have in the Republican Party. But back during Sandy Hook, when there were 20-plus young white kids who lost their lives in a school shooting, the United States Congress did absolutely nothing. I’m under no illusion that we’re going to have any gun control or any laws changed that can make it more difficult for people who do not need to have weapons to purchase them. This has been a problem long before Donald Trump. I actually don’t think this rests at his feet. I know he’s the president of the united States now, but that lack of courage that Andrew’s talking about, that fecklessness we’re talking about has been part of the United States now, but I think that lack of courage that Andrew has been talking about, that fecklessness that we're all talking about has been part of the Republican Party because they’ve been purchased by the NRA for a very long period of time. And if they didn’t do anything after Sandy Hook, I’m of no belief they’re going to do anything now. And secondly, I’m about five miles away from Mother Emanuel AME Church this morning, right here in Charleston, South Carolina. The chair of Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham represents this area. He represents this state. And we still have the Charleston loophole whereby Dylann Roof was able to walk in and because his background checks were not completed in the amount of time period by the FBI, he was able to purchase that weapon and go in and kill nine people at a Bible study. And if the chair of the Judiciary Committee represents this area and he still will not do anything, I’m of no belief any of them will. So while we want to beat up on Donald Trump a lot, let me just say that his cowardice is not his alone."