House Dems stage sit-in, shut down chamber over gun legislation

MSN News ^ | June 22, 2016 | Donovan Slack, and Deborah Barfield Berry

[detective]

Democratic lawmakers shut down the U.S. House Wednesday by staging a sit-in on the House floor to demand a vote on gun control legislation.

Roughly 40 House lawmakers sat on the floor and refused to allow Republicans to take back control. They took turns talking about gun violence, said they wouldn't leave until House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., allowed a vote on measures to curb it, and chanted over and over "No bill, no break!" The House is scheduled to adjourn on Friday and be out of session until July 5.

[detective]

They have nothing useful or constructive to offer. Now the Democrats are trying to take over the House of Representatives.

They do not do anything worthwhile. They just lie and pull stunts like this.

[Buckeye McFrog]

But shutting down the government DESTROYS your electoral prospects totally. /SUPERSARC

[bboop]

Are they going to poop in the halls if they don’t get their way, like their fellow Wisconsonians did??

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The Democrats shut down the government!

Pass it on!

[Travis McGee]

[Arm_Bears]

Throw out the press.

Shut off the lights, the AC, the WI-FI, and lock the bathroom doors.

They’ll leave soon enough.

[Awgie]

Hey pubbies, watch and learn you spineless jerks. Dems play dirty.

[Mr. K]

Can’t the sargeant-at-arms physically remove them if called to do that?

[faithhopecharity]

the seditious D party bosses have led their ignorant little children (”useful idiots”) into shutting down part of the fedgovt?

maybe they’ve finally started doing America a favor (albeit accidentally).... ha!

1. haul them out
2. take down their names
3. if they ever repeat this kind of krap, put them in jail

[al_c]

Bunch of hypocritical crybabies. They’re just as obstructive as they say the Republicans are.

[blueunicorn6]

40 Democrats sitting on their behinds on the floor?

How can they talk?

[afsnco]

Sounds great to me. Keep it shut down the rest of the year...

[immadashell]

Ooh, that would be a topic of conversation at the nightly cocktail parties.

[econjack]

Looks like a bunch of spoiled children who didn't get their way.

[stephenjohnbanker]

These are merely..................FACTS.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Pepper spray these babies and drag their sorry asses out of the House chamber.

All forty of these morons should resign.....they have violated their oath to protect and defend the Constitution.

[Robert DeLong]

The best thing the Democrats have done in decades.

[longtermmemmory]

worth noting the house chamber is empty. not in session. This is claiming the issue not the solution.

The solution is the dealing with the terrorists not imposing a presumption of guilt on citizens.

[Kevin C]

Someone should ask them why they didn’t hold a sit-in during the four years (2007-2001) when Democrats were in control the House.

[I want the USA back]

dems really want to take guns from non-violent, normal citizens while leaving them in the hands of violent criminals and terrorists.