“And this would be a prime location to do that.” About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. “Clearly radical Islam wants to target the gay community,” Nunes told CNN on Sunday morning. Marco Rubio did make reference to the nature of the club. Hoyer of Maryland.īut some Republicans, including House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes of California, and Florida Sen. “Although the investigation remains ongoing, the fact that it targeted a place where LGBT Americans went to feel safe - and that it occurred during LGBT Pride Month - initially leads to the belief that this was not only an act of terrorism, but also a crime of hate and prejudice,” said House Minority Whip Steny H. June marks Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month with scores of events taking place across the country. The Democrat later added, “We can and we must do better - for Orlando, for San Bernardino and for us all.”ĭemocrats were also more likely to highlight the fact that the attack happened at a gay nightclub. This article was amended on 20 June 2016 to correct. Pete Aguilar who represents San Bernardino. The shooter came in through the front door and was shooting at the dancefloor and the bar, he recalled. “Guns - guns designed to kill efficiently and quickly - have no place on our streets,” said Rep. The lawmaker representing San Bernadino also weighed in following the Orlando attack.
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” “And I think that that debate can and should go on as well as the debate on how to best protect us against those who were inspired or funded or directed by international terrorists.”Ī similar dynamic emerged after the mass shooting in San Bernadino, California, in December. Jeff Flake of Arizona said on NBC’s “ Meet the Press On June 24, 1973, an arson fire ripped through the Up Stairs Lounge, a gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
“A lot of us have been talking for quite a while in terms of background checks and tightening background checks, particularly as it pertains to those with mental illness,” Sen. Murphy’s Senate counterpart, Democrat Richard Blumenthal, also said Senate inaction to prevent gun violence has made lawmakers “complicit in this public health crisis.”īut as details began to emerge Sunday morning about the attack, one Republican said the attack could foster debate in both areas. Murphy, a Democrat, represents the state that experienced a horrific mass shooting in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown that left 26 dead.