tower like many of the mass murderers who followed his footsteps, charles whitman shot and killed his wife, shot and killed his mother. the mass murderer in sandy hook, in connecticut, shot and killed his mother before going to the elementary school they are to murder 20 kindergarten and first grade students. and six adults working at the school. the latest adults reports indicate that as many as 18 children and three adults were shot and killed today. at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. the town of 15,000 people, about 60 miles from the mexican border, with some reports indicating that the children were murdered, and were mostly in grades three and four. the mass murder of children in sandy hook changed connecticut senator chris murphy s focus in the senate, where he has become the since leading expert on this uniquely american way of death, being shot to death at school. senator murphy rose on the senate floor today, without a prepared speech, and said this. the
person who walked into that school today that killed those purple. yeah, that s right, lawrence. it shocks the conscience that lawmakers who have a chance to do something, could change the situation, to improve things, was a binder nothing. and, you know, the american people have made up their mind about what they want. yet 89% of americans, so a large slot of democrats and republicans lose support something like universal background checks. we support closing the loopholes. the gun reform measures, overwhelming support for these things. it is the members of the united states senate, the republicans, and of course, republicans in the house of representatives who are not listening to the american people. and aren t even listening to a big chunk of their own voters. and, you, know that s heartbreaking. a six-year-old an eight or old,
we know you are going to stay with it. thank you very much for starting us off this hour. thank you very much, morgan. thank you. joining us now is congressman joaquin castro, who represents the 20th congressional district of texas, a neighboring community to uvalde, texas. representative castro, we have heard once again from the two republican senators, those representing your state of texas, that they are in favor of absolutely nothing by way of regulation of any kind of controls of guns and ammunition, anything that could involve restricting the access to assault weapons by the kind of person who walked into that school today that killed those purple. yeah, that s right, lawrence. it shocks the conscience that lawmakers who have a chance to do something, could change the situation, to improve things, was a binder nothing.
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