Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown attacked his Republican colleagues for failing to defy the gun lobby and pass any kind of gun control legislation
"The fact that he had a weapon that could have — that an assault weapon that could have killed so many people with enough bullets and magazines to mow down virtually anybody along that street and in those clubs and in those buildings, just tells me that Congress is just got to act and say 'No' to the gun lobby for the first time and Mitch McConnell's life as the leader of the Senate," he said.
The Ohio senator contrasted Trump’s rhetoric toward people of color with that of his predecessors, expressing hope that the president “would show the leadership of either of his predecessors and stop the racist, divisive talk and start the healing process.”Sign Up “I don't know. I can't prove anything,” he said of whether Trump’s rhetoric is a motivating factor for domestic terrorists. “But I do know that we've had two presidents, the two preceding presidents who have dealt with terrible terrorism and mass shootings, tried to heal and this president doesn't. I don't — I know that white supremacists feel empowered with this president. I know that. It is clear they feel empowered when he attacks people.
Brown mocked politicians who routinely offer “thoughts and prayers” after mass shootings but who have stopped short of addressing the scourge of gun violence through legislation.
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