hear coming out of the us. why do you say that? do you say that? well, because the nun do you say that? well, because the gun issue do you say that? well, because the gun issue and do you say that? well, because the gun issue and the - do you say that? well, because the gun issue and the gun - the gun issue and the gun rights issue has been fused in with the conservative movement and republican party. it is now and republican party. it is now a litmus test from proving your conservative bona fides in the united states and it is also infused its way into an ultraconservative group of federaljudges and lawyers were pushing very extremist and absolutist views of the second amendment and even though the nra is an organisation is crippled right now, they are in bad crippled right now, they are in had trouble, the movement is taken on the kind of momentum because it is fused with republican party and conservatism and also because the base of gun people in america, for whom the gun issue
my friend take care and have a good evening. i ll see you are welcome to ayman tonight, we re learning about this mass shooting in buffalo new york, the suspect an 18-year-old white man linked to a racist manifesto, legally purchased three weapons. the victims, ten dead, three injured nearly all of them are black. over the next hour will focus on four main themes surrounding gun rights issue, the replacement theory that fueled the gunman, the role of social media in this incident, and law enforcement s ability or inability to confront white supremacist threats in america. time ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all right, we begin tragically though with breaking news of another mass shooting in america. this one inside a church in orange county, california, local authorities there say that five people are injured, for critically, emily is one person was killed.
americans, republicans and democrats. and yet the gun lobby and the gun industry is more important to half of the members of the senate than is the safety of our kids. and that is infuriating. do you think the gun rights issue has become an even bigger rallying cry for republicans since the former president got into politics? it s a good question. i think the gun lobby has always been strong inside the republican party. certainly, donald trump did nothing to break that grip. but this is a symbiotic relationship, in which the republican party has become a one-trick pony. all they talk about is how much they hate government. well, the best way they can translate how much they hate government is to argue for the ability of the citizenry to arm themselves in order to overthrow the government. and so the gun lobby relies on
can do and what you can t do. none of it makes sense together. but that does not seem to bother the modern-republican party. the hypocrisy is noted by others but of no concern to those who seem to bring the arguments to the floor. i want to play another moment from your speech last night on the floor. doesn t even involve any political risk. the changes we re talking about in order to make our schools safe places, they are supported by the vast majority of americans republicans and democrats. and yet, the gun lobby and the gun industry is more important. to half of the members of the senate than is the safety of our kids. and that is infuriating. do you think the gun rights issue has become an even bigger rallying cry for republicans since the former president got into politics? um, it s a good question. i think the gun lobby has always
point about what texas is doing. you talked about, you know, the gun rights issue. you talked about the voting rights issues of the challenges that your party is facing there in that state right now. can you talk to us obviously 2022 is a big election year. what is it that democratic party and the democrats need to do, excuse me, on a state level to reverse these things if that s what you want to do and to gain control in the state legislature? one of the things that happened today is my governor went to rural texas, right? far east texas, and signed in this new voting law. this is a one-two punch that the republicans are trying to deliver to us. number one, they want to make sure they suppress the vote. number two, they want to make sure they jerry gerrymander their districts. now based on the legislation that you have seen in this session, you would think that there was some great disparity in the votes.