‘Literally on my hands and knees’: Senator Chris Murphy’s desperate plea for gun action
by Lauren Gambino and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#5ZKWS)
Murphy, who came to Congress representing Sandy Hook's district, called bullshit' on Republicans for focusing on mental health not guns
An impassioned speech by the congressman who formerly represented the town of Sandy Hook has gone viral in the wake of a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that killed at least 18 children.
Chris Murphy, a Democrat who came to Congress representing the district that included the Connecticut town and is now a Senator, begged his colleagues to finally pass legislation that addresses the nation's continuing gun violence crisis.
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