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
young rule and service senators, as so sacrosanct but they wouldn t do anything to change it, for any reason, including the possibility of passing any form of any of the legislation passed by the house. yeah, you know, this is another example of where you have huge bipartisan support for a piece of policy, like they ll just take one piece, universal background checks, so it s almost 90%. we should not put an arcane rule like the filibuster rule, this time in the law, it s a custom. we shouldn t put that ahead of the health and safety and welfare of the american people. we literally have, as you can see from today, again, people dying because the congress on state legislatures, by the, way has not taken action to help with our people. representative joaquin castro, thank you very much for joining us on those difficult night. really appreciate it. thank you. and coming up, this, week
if it is going to get an. it is going to be ours, lawrence. we have to make it happen. we have no other option. whether it is in congress or the states, every american watching this right now, regardless of what happens in congress, if you care about this issue, if you are a mom, dad, brother, or sister if you are a human being that cares about this issue, i do not need you going out there every single day and talking about this issue. you don t have to go out there and talk every single waking moment, thinking about gun violence. all we need to do is what the nra has done brilliantly for decades, to bring us here. it s not even just from funding the politicians. it is because they show up in the state legislatures. they show up with a group of several dozen people that are very effective at pressuring the state legislatures into acting. we can do that. if we had several hundred or just 1000 people show up every year at each state legislature and say, we want to figure out
lawrence. we have to make it happen. we have no other option. whether it is in congress or the states, every american watching this right now, regardless of what happens in congress, if you care about this issue, if you are a mom, dad, brother, or sister if you are a human being that cares about this issue, i do not need you going out there every single day and talking about this issue. you don t have to go out there and talk every single waking moment, thinking about gun violence. all we need to do is what the nra has done brilliantly for decades, to bring us here. it s not even just from funding the politicians. it is because they show up in the state legislatures. they show up with a group of several dozen people that are very effective at pressuring the state legislatures into acting. we can do that. if we had several hundred or just 1000 people show up every year at each state legislature and say, we want to figure out how we can pass pro gun violence prevention legislation an
for a piece of policy, like they ll just take one piece, universal background checks, so it s almost 90%. we should not put an arcane rule like the filibuster rule, this time in the law, it s a custom. we shouldn t put that ahead of the health and safety and welfare of the american people. we literally have, as you can see from today, again, people dying because the congress on state legislatures, by the, way has not taken action to help with our people. representative joaquin castro, thank you very much for joining us on those difficult night. really appreciate it. thank you. and coming up, this, week the nra he actually plans to be in texas. they plan to be in houston, texas, gathering there is donald trump is one of the schedules, because as of the texas senator cruz, governor abbott, where they will all be meeting was the group that is make sure that american last murderers are guaranteed to be