Watch a Texas Republican tell House Democrats holding sit-in for gun vote that 'radical Islam' is the problem
In a back-and-forth on the House floor late Wednesday night, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert (R) shouted at Democrats staging a sit-in that their anger is misplaced.
Gohmert marched up to Democrats holding posters with photos of victims of gun violence, jabbed his finger, and screamed, "Radical Islam killed these people!" The Democrats began to chant, with one unidentified person asking Gohmert, "Why do you want to let terrorists buy a gun? Why do you want to protect terrorists buying a gun?" The point of the sit-in is to get a vote on a bipartisan bill that would keep suspected terrorists from buying guns. Watch the video below. Catherine Garcia
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