At times, Republican senators tried to strike a chord of compassion by acknowledging the past week’s gun violence while proposing little to stop it — but others simply resorted to racist stereotypes.
“We have a lot of drunk drivers in America that kill a lot of people. We ought to try to combat that, too,” he said.Sen. John Kennedy speaks during the gun violence hearing on March 23, 2021. Another witness, Robin Brule, testified that she is a proud gun owner but that her support for gun safety measures stems from the murder of her 75-year-old mother, Ruth, killed during a home invasion in 2016.
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