because ultimately, we have to solve this through elections. we have to get rid of those in washington, d.c., now who simply put do not care about our rights to life. you brought up the congressman, tommy massey, from kentucky. we can show the shooter who killed my daughter was inspired by photos like that and he s yet putting out photos right now, inspiring future killers. we need to stop this. we need to do it through elections. we need to do it through civil disobedience, but it s too long. we can t wait any longer for another piece of legislation. we have to, at a bare minimum, pass background checks and we have to do it this year. fred, i m going to ask you to stick around. senator chris murphy, thank you very much for spending time with us and being part of this conversation. when we come back, it s a phrase we hear all the time. after a school shooting, right,
way or another whether or not they received the vaccine. and one member of congress, tommy massey, has gone so far to say he refuses to get the vaccine. so this is something that is playing out definitively along party lines. you see some republicans even when they encourage others to take the vaccine unwilling to say if they themselves have taken that step. what reason i mean it s clear why they would say this. obviously, some may believe that health care decisions should remain secret. that s certainly their right. but if this was popular among their constituents, and some of the very conservative districts, i m sure they would be very up front about the fact that they got vaccinated what reasons have they given for either not getting vaccinated or not responding? you hit the nail on the head. the overwhelming reason that they give is citing their own privacy rights. marjorie taylor greene, for instance, repeatedly declares that hippa prevents her from
way or another whether or not they ve received the vaccine and one member of congress, tommy massey, has gone so far as to say he refuses to get the vaccine. this something that is playing out definitively along party lines where you see some republicans even when they encourage others to take the vaccine unwilling to say if they themselves have taken that step. what reason it s pretty clear why they would say this. yes, obviously some may just believe that health care decisions should remain secret. that s certainly their right. but if this was popular among their constituents in some of these very conservative districts, i m sure they would be very up front about the fact that they have gotten vaccinated. what reasons have some of these republican members given for either not getting vaccinated or not responding? reporter: you hit the nail right on the head. the overwhelming reason that they give for not disclosing their vaccine status is citing their own privacy rights. marjor