Carl Paladino, who announced that he’s running for Congress, previously shared a post on Facebook which pushed conspiracy theories about the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. The Facebook post portrayed the tragedies as false flag attacks meant to help Democrats
grapples with the dramatic surge in gun violence, relatives of those killed in the buffalo massacre are taking their grief to capitol hill. gun access is certainly the driver of this violence reporter: garnell whitfield lost his 86-year-old mother, ruth what do you miss most about your mother i miss everything about my mother. reporter: pamela prichett will never again see her 77-year-old mother, pearl. i had to bring a hat to the funeral home because this vile monster, he wasn t just satisfied to shoot my mother one time he stood over her and shot her again. reporter: today the white house got a high profile boost its push for new gun legislation from actor and uvalde native matthew mcconaughey. we are in a window of opportunity right now that we have not been in before. reporter: an emotional mcconaughey, grimly highlighting a
sitting there and talking to these elected officials. why did you do it? why was it so important for you to do this? um, my family and i are very private, but we made a conscious decision when my mother was murdered that we had to speak up. my mother always advocated for the underdog and for persons that were left out. and we felt compelled to do that for her in her passing. ben, you held a press conference after the hearing today with victims of the buffalo massacre along with senators durbin, schumer, and blumenthal. what are they going to do to help stop this violence? you know, schumer has said he s going to keep pushing to have a vote where the republicans have to at least not be cowardice enough to say we
why was it so important for you to do this? um, my family and i are very private, but we made a conscious decision when my mother was murdered that we had to speak up. my mother always advocated for the underdog and for persons that were left out. and we felt compelled to do that for her in her passing. ben, you held a press conference after the hearing today with victims of the buffalo massacre along with senators durbin, schumer, and blumenthal. what are they going to do to help stop this violence? you know, schumer has said he s going to keep pushing to have a vote where the republicans have to at least not be cowardice enough to say we don t even want to vote so people won t know where we stand.