In Impassioned Speech Following Uvalde School Shooting, Senator Begs Colleagues To Pass Gun Control Laws
This senator is calling out his colleagues for their inaction and begging for change.
(Screenshot via CSPAN)
What are we doing? What are we doing?
Why do you spend all this time running for the United States Senate — why do you go through all the hassle of getting this job, of putting yourself in a position of authority — if your answer is that as this slaughter increases, as our kids run for their lives, we do nothing?
What are we doing? Why are you here if not to solve a problem as existential as this?
— Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), in a moving speech made on the Senate floor just hours after 19 children and two teachers were murdered in a school classroom in Uvalde, Texas, where he begged his colleagues to take meaningful action on gun control. Watch the full speech, below.
Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.
