consults anybody. well, 97% of the scientists in the world say that global warming and the threat of the cap melting is real. and i would take their word over mr. trump s untutor opinion. the issue of gun control is another big one. and democratic candidate beto o rourke got a lot of attention this week for his support of a mandatory buyback for semiautomatic weapons. here he is thursday night. i am, if it s a weapon that was designed to kill people on a battle field. if the high-impact, high-velocity round when it hits your body shreds everything inside of your body because it was designed to do that, so that you would bleed to death on a battle field, hell, yes, we re going to take your ar-15, your ak-47. we re not going to allow it to be used against fellow americans anymore. o rourke doesn t believe average citizens need a weapon that s designed to kill people on the battlefield. do you agree with him?
the texas gop is offering this tee shirt in exchange for $30 donations. it reads, beto, come and take it. here is o rourke s comment that started all of this. i am if it s a weapon that was designed to kill people on a battle field [ applause ] if the high impact, high velocity round when it hits your body shreds everything inside of your body because it was designed to do that, so that you would bleed to death on a battle field, hell yes we re going to take your ar-15, your ak-47. we re not going to allow it to be used against fellow americans anymore. [ applause ] o rourke himself is also fundraising off that rallying cry. he is selling tee shirts with his quote hell yes we re going to take your ar-15. we ll bring in the washington post s congressional reporter and the white house correspondent for reuters jeff mason. both sides trying to fund raise and galvanize their base off of this. who stands to gain the most from it? republicans or democrats?
death is definitely on its last legs. whether it is being picked up support by the islamic state or not is a different question, but i think that al qaeda is finished. okay. bob beyer, good to have you with us. thank you. now to the beto backlash. beto o rourke s comments on a mandatory buy back of assault style weapons is triggering a major response from republicans in his home state. the texas gop is now offering this shirt in exchange for $30 donations. on did you can see confrontational slogan beto, come and take it. that is in responsibility to o rourke s rousing response when he was asked at the democratic debate if he was a supporter of a mandatory buyback. i am if it is a weapon that was designed to kill people on a battlefie battlefield. if the high impact high velocity round when it hits your body shreds everything inside of your body because it was designed to
and is saying this is what the federal government should do. pete: if you watched the debate here is what he said. if it s a weapon that was designed to kill people on a battlefield. [cheers and applause] if the high impact high velocity round when it hits your body shreds everything inside of your body because it was designed to do that so that you would bleed on a battlefield and not be able to get up and kill one of our soldiers hell yes we are going to take your ar 15, your ar 47. jedediah: he is calling for mandatory gun confiscation. some called for voluntary handing over of these weapons. he said no we re coming for you. one of the people that got pretty yen ladies and gentlemenned about this is briscoe cain who tweeted this my ar is ready for you robert francis. that caused quite a bit of controversy.
o rourke administration would look like with assault weapons. if it s a weapon that was designed to kill people on a battlefield, if the high impact high velocity round when it hits your body shreds everything inside of your body because it was designed to do that so that you would bleed to death on a battlefield and not be able to get up and kill one of our soldiers, when we see that being used against children in odessa, i met the mother of a 15-year-old girl who was shot by an ar-15 and that motter watched her bleed to death over the course of an hour because so many other people were shot by that ar-15 in odessa and midland. there weren t enough ambulances to get to them in time. hell yes we re going to take your ar-15, your ak-47. we re not going to allow it to be used against fellow americans anymore. to many that was the moment of the night. garrett is back with us from