Posted on 06/22/2016 9:36:58 AM PDT by PROCON
More than two dozen House Democrats staged a "sit-in" on the House floor Wednesday in protest of GOP leadership's refusal to allow a vote on a gun control measure following the Orlando massacre.
Led by Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), the civil rights icon, and more than 40 Democrats walked into the chamber just before noon and pledged to “occupy” the House floor until GOP leadership allowed a vote.
Democrats have tried numerous times over the past week to force a vote on a so-called "no fly, no buy" bill, which would bar terror suspects on the “no-fly" list from purchasing guns.
“We have been too quiet for too long,” Lewis said. “There comes a time when you have to say something. You have to make a little noise. You have to move your feet. This is the time.”
"How many more mothers? How many more fathers need to shed tears of grief before we do something?" Lewis continued, his voice rising in intensity. "Give us a vote. Let us vote. We came here to do our job. We came here to work.”
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John Lewis?
Isn’t that the guy who personally targeted the Tea Party and colluded with the IRS?
Why isn’t he in jail?
“Children.....idiotic children!”
You mean shamefull dhimmy-fascists ?
Dems apparently don’t follow the rule of law, the rules of Congress and have come to believe governing is done by Obama and his pen, phone and executive order.
I figure the 'rats will go home as soon as the cameramen leave.
Pitiful losers.
Yeah a sit in to strip the Bill of Rights away
Yeah a sit in to strip the Bill of Rights away
That's exactly right. They take an issue that requires literally a constitutional amendment--infringing on the right to keep and bear arms--but they want to leverage the horrific death of 49 people through a partisan House sit-in to alter the Second Amendment.
Go read what the Constitution requires for your issue, dolts! It ain't dead people and a sit-in!
HF
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I think I read about it here on FR! But a quick internet search should pull it up...
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