Democrats Filibuster For Gun Control

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Senator Chris Murphy of .

Connecticut is leading Senate Democrats in a filibuster to push for gun control not actual legislation this time it is in the form of amendments that they are hoping to put onto a bill that's been considered they're trying to stop debate until that actually happens now.

We talked about yesterday on the show there was a moment of silence and some try in the house democrats tried to get Ryan to talk about when they would actually have.

Consideration of a couple of different pieces of legislation which going to break down this video and paul ryan with a smirk on his face shut that right down he wasn't having anything aside from thoughts and prayers not in the holes of American power anyway so Chris Murphy decided to do this filibuster he sent out these tweets to prep the nation.

I'm speaking on the Senate Florida honor the victims of the Orlando attack and demand the Senate address gun violence with the hashtag enough and then I am prepared to stand on the Senate floor and talk about the need to prevent gun violence for as long as I can.

I've had enough and so there's a schedule planned of multiple speakers who are going to be a filibustering on into the night i believe at some point we're gonna go to some b-roll of that honor they actually.

Filibustering meaning are they preventing discuss well let me tell you the Republicans will have you think that because they are actually obviously obstructing government now that they're the ones standing in the way of any kind of proud of the progress because they're doing this talking filibuster the Murphy's gotten onto the floor not I I they're not standing in the way of any pending legislation that the Senate voting on right now.

Always the Senate is busy and always the Senate's doing you know whatever it is right and theoretically i don't know how always the Senators business and the floor of the Senate I've been writing the floor of the Senate is busy with you know some sort of chatter legislation but the point is they're going in front of the Senate and in front of their constituents but mainly in front of the Republicans to show that all the Democrats are there and they just one common sense gun legislation chris murphy has been you know really behind gun control for a long time but most specifically since Newtown because he is the junior senator from Connecticut and.

That you know and this is the kind of thing that will put this issue and you at least think the Democrats can say hey we talked about it we tried to do something that makes the Republicans seem again is it we don't want you don't know so it forces the media's hand with the right Buster because you can talk about the need for Congress to act and do something and then they'll be some stories about Congress but it's not when Congress is not acting and really and not showing that they're not acting that story goes away.

Yeah you know it'll be for a day or two or however long our attention is what this forces the story on the Congress's lack of acting it's sort of forces as Michael was saying puts Republicans on the on the defensive and more importantly than just sort of winning politically you know you hope at some point that it.

Pressures that there's a world where you could pressure enough Republicans into thinking you know how it used to be where you get some members of the other party you go.

Yeah you know what we should do something you know I but of course they you know in this climate they want this filibuster world only one Republicans of ours asked a question you have the only time that you can yield the floor is for question one . so someone steal the floor to Senator McCaskill of Missouri senator McCaskill goes out there shall speak to you know talk for a while then she'll say which brings me to my question okay yeah because that's the the form they have to go with Ben Sasse the Republican senator from Nebraska reasonable guy uh uh well yeah I mean it's only reasonable.

Thank you know only reasonable in the new standard in the new standard for reasonable racing he's a buddy is a fascinating guy and he's a smart guy and I find him to be really interesting senators at that point yes but he came and he asked questions the only Republican is thus far you know what his last I looked has said anything about it also i think it raises the profile chris murphy - yeah but to a place where people talk about i think that he's the kind of Senator that that will be considered for the vice presidential.

Not by Michael and I think he's a one-issue now senator he's a young guy he comes from a democratic state me to help you win etiquette.

Right well I mean Republic I mean you know vice presidential candidate had nothing to do with winning anything but.

Who's probably since LBJ right i mean there's not even it's not yet that would be the last time I don't need to make a strong maybe only time right before the years with the evidence is kids it's is it really just quickly is is mixed on that.

What is clear is that there's no evidence that it helps there's no evidence that it hurts getting somebody from Ohio to help you want a while but as we know the presidential races about the president right now and always ahead which doesn't seem fair but Murphy.

The thing about Murphy is is that he is young there's sort of a clinton gore type of thing he sort of young and wonky and and and Clinton wasn't in this clip knows a little bit more wonky and not quite as young so maybe that he could play a gorgeous i always put him up to that he's really smart and kind of passionate about an issue that the Democrats can I think always do well talking about well i know that in Connecticut we reported that they recently made it so that weapons can be taken away from those who were in the in the process I believe of being on trial for domestic violence charges which seems reasonable considering the number of people who go on from domestic violence to murder through the use of guns and so first of all I'm frustrated with even the inclusion of the term talking filibuster.

That's just such an admission of we have no historical context anymore even in relatively responsible outlets filibuster supposed to be a filibuster it's supposed to have the media focuses attention on you which has risks and it has potential benefits and i would say considering the times that the government has been shut down through real filibusters fake filibusters like Ted Cruz famous dr. seuss filibuster for absolute BS a misunderstanding of how the budget actually works of what the debt ceiling actually accomplishes i think that the Democrats could use this opportunity to accomplish something for the victims families and for the families of those who will become victims if nothing is done by not just having the one day or the two-day filibuster but saying that's it that's it we're not doing anything if it takes a week if it takes a month we're not progressing until we have actual legislation and there are a lot of issues that you could try to do that on and I think that you would fail but i think this is one where a lot of Americans are sick they either sick of the situation or some have become incredibly apathetic and this is the sort of thing that could knock them of that the realization that there is a window where we could actually accomplish something and so let's talk about some of the things that they want to accomplish here.

So Chris Murphy spokesperson says until private sales at gun shows and over the internet also require stringent background checks and less suspected terrorist on the no fly list are prohibited from legally purchasing guns are lacks gun laws will continue to allow terrorists and criminals to amass a weapons stockpile senator Murphy will remain on the floor demanding the Senate adopt these measures and there's there's other things you can do as well I was watching i was listening to a little bit of rachel maddow show yesterday where she said okay maybe we don't have the actual balls or ability to do something like stopping aspect to terrorists from buying a gun but how about if they buy a gun the FBI finds out about it right that there's at least a notification notification right.

Maybe we could do that that would be something because it but I mean what's amazing is that they everyone who makes it their business to knows that i was at the warby parker site looking to buy glasses because every web page i go to as the glasses i was looking at warby parker like like to though the Amazon is spying on me the world is spying on me in my internet traffic but but the thought that we would let the FBI know that a guy who's been interviewed by the FBI has bought a weapon that solely designed to shoot a lot of bullets in a short period of time that somehow we got people on the right.

Objecting to that is staggering and me.

Yeah and I i I just I can't understand how look at the media is going to cover the filibuster I'm sure hopefully maybe fingers crossed there but that only one Republican even ask the question the rest can just say casually bucket whatever I said I said that I cared i said that i prayed.

I'm out for now if you need me I'll be in my chambers that they can do that and and knowing that they're not going to to to face any penalty from the voters as a result of it that they can just say yes i'm going to close my eyes and I get on my knees briefly.

Is that enough I did 60 seconds i did 90 seconds is that enough can we move on until the next shooting into.

Until I've n can pretend to care again and give and nobody cares they don't even give the most money.

The NRA right i mean example through this like I give a lot to a lot.

They give a lot to a lot but there are other there are other businesses there are other trade associations where they are who give more money and yet their power is seemingly at least at times unsurpassed I mean Donald Trump said today I a jump ahead a little bit here but Donald Trump said or tweeted because I didn't say anything only tweet tweeted that hey I'm going to be with the NRA and maybe we'll talk about banning assault weapons people on the Terrano flowers and the reaction from people on the right was as if he had said I'd like to repeal the Second Amendment yeah or i'm thinking about setting off a new candy see a track right right.

But the other let's circle back to that even if it did this these guns and this issue is so much more public all the time you know that the Petroleum Association trade association could be giving a ton of money to Congress to try and get the number of light ends and bitumen that they put into asphalt there and we're not going to sit here and care about that but they still have to give a lot of money in order to do that they have a lot of money but the impact of guns on society is so disproportionate to the impact of some of the other things that when you see what the the stranglehold that even at that level of giving the NRA has its it's even more upsetting and this is also what's what's strange is all these politicians they're opportunists right so you think common sense would say that there's one Republican who could say hey you know what and I'm i'm actually because then i was telling me to write more i'm going to write about i was in the middle of writing about this.

You think there'd be one Republican who is out there saying hey.

Actually the Democrats are right about this and he could have all kinds of currency get all kinds of momentum and also hey all right so be afraid you might not win your seat but your bravado my twin you your seat - and when you see her get your different kind of power and I you lost your seeds that but you know I mean I gonna get to the story Johnson but in 15 seconds they they they advocated that the any chance.

Having those people i mean it took him 30 years but they're gone they literally drove them out of the party because if you think that the Democrats had a fair point or forget Democrats that sensible Americans had a fair point on that one issue then you also thought about global warming because you have a degree of sanity and appreciation for facts on the ground but those people the jim jeffords in the lincoln Chafee the world and even to some extent the you know guys like Richard Lugar certainly more conservative they just did they can't they couldn't be there was no spot form.





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