W.H.: GOP Talk About Mental Health to ‘Excuse Their Own Inaction’ on Gun Control

EARNEST: “I will say there’s a lot of skepticism rooted in Republican claims that they care about improving mental health care in this country, when they are prepared this week to actually take their 60th vote to repeal the very law that has done more to expand access to mental health care than any other law in a decade. So it's a little hard  to consider their claims that they are interested in investing in mental health care as anything other than attempt to excuse their own inaction to do something serious, like standing up to the NRA and passing a common sense measure that would reduce gun violence.”