House Democrats Stage Sit-in to Push for Vote on Gun Control Legislation -- 'Where Is Our Soul? ... Are We Blind?'
(CNSNews.com) – Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) led a staged sit-in on the House floor Wednesday in protest of House Republicans not bringing up gun control legislation for a vote in the wake of the Orlando shooting massacre.
“We have lost hundreds and thousands of innocent people to gun violence. Tiny little children, babies, students, and teachers, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, daughters and sons, friends and neighbors, and what has this body done? Mr. Speaker, nothing. Not one thing,” said Lewis, who was joined by more than a dozen Democrats on the House floor as he spoke.
“We have lost hundreds and thousands of innocent people to gun violence. Tiny little children, babies, students, and teachers, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, daughters and sons, friends and neighbors, and what has this body done? Mr. Speaker, nothing. Not one thing,” said Lewis, who was joined by more than a dozen Democrats on the House floor as he spoke.
“We have turned deaf ears. We have turned deaf ears to the blood of the innocent and the concern of our nation. We are blind to a crisis. Mr. Speaker, where is the heart of this body? Where is our soul? Where is our moral leadership? Where is our courage?” Lewis continued.
“Those who work on bipartisan solutions are pushed aside. Those who pursue commonsense improvement are beaten down. Reason is criticized. Obstruction is praised. Newtown, Aurora, Charleston, Orlando. What is the tipping point? Are we blind? Can we see? How many more mothers, how many more fathers need to shed tears of grief before we do something?” he asked.
Lewis said Congress cannot “ignore the reality of mass gun violence in our nation.”
“Remove the blinders. The time for silence and patience is long gone. We’re calling on the leadership of the House to bring commonsense gun control legislation to the House floor. Give us a vote. Let us vote. We came here to do our job. We came here to work. The American people are demanding action,” he said.
“Do we have the courage? Do we have raw courage to make at least a down payment on ending gun violence in America? We can no longer wait. We can no longer be patient, so today we come to the well of the House to dramatize the need for action – not next month, not next year, but now, today. Sometimes you have to do something out of the ordinary. Sometimes you have to make a way out of no way,” Lewis said.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-hunter/house-democrats-stage-sit-push-vote-gun-control-legislation
My comments: The Democrats are Hypocrites, they Murder the Unborn and decry Murder; they bring more and more Muslims to America, each one of which is a Potential Terrorist; They support a president who has done virtually Nothing to stem Muslim Terrorism in the U.S.; They Persecute Christians for their Faith and Conscience; They turn deaf ears to the Word of God and promote Homosexuality, Same-Sex Marriage and Transgenderism. Democrats have No Moral Standing whatever.
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