Sentences with phrase «democrats about gun violence»
From left, Fred Guttenberg, father of Jaime Guttenberg, 14, who was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida; Francine Wheeler, mother of Ben Wheeler, 6, a victim of the Sandy Hook shooting, and Lori Haas, mother of a survivor of the Virginia Tech shooting, during a meeting with Senate Democrats about gun violence last month.
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LaPierre said that in the past, he had worked with Democrats who wanted to work to reduce gun violence, but that leaders now only cared about exploiting tragedy for political gain, calling them a «tidal wave of new European socialists» in charge of the party and name - checking Sen. Kamala Harris, D - Calif.; Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D - Mass.; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Sen. Cory Booker, D - N.J.; Sen. Christopher Murphy, D - Conn.; and Rep. Keith Ellison, D - Minn., to boos in the crowd.
Spradlin, who is the president of the Young Democrats Club on campus, said there were three reasons the students participated in the walkout: first was to honor the lives of the victims; second was to show Congress that students care about the issue of gun violence; and third was to take direct action by registering students to vote and writing to members of Congress to demand change.