Joaquin Castro: ‘Sit-In’ Way for Dems ‘to Elevate the Conversation’ on Gun Control

‘Every single time the response from the Congress is the same’

CASTRO: “You know, we’ve seen mass shooting and mass massacre year over year. In the last few years, Charleston, Aurora, Orlando, and every single time the response from the Congress is the same. They do absolutely nothing. And this was the Congress and Democrats, but also quite frankly, the American people saying we’ve had enough with the inaction. And so this was a way for Democrats, you right, to elevate the conversation, to highlight the issue and really, to get Republicans to do something about this. And I’ll point out also that these pieces of legislation are not just Democratic bills. These were sponsored by Peter King, a Republican from New York. So this is a bipartisan effort.” 

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