Donald Trump’s assassination attempt hearing was hijacked from within by Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin.
The Republican said the incident in Pennsylvania is part of a greater conversation about gun control.
Associates are seen holding up banners behind him as he calls for an “assault weapons ban” during the hearing which was put together to grill the Secret Service Director over security lapses when Trump narrowly avoided death.
Speaking at the hearing, Raskin said: “We must ask hard questions about whether our laws are making it too easy for potential assassins to obtain firearms and AR-15s specifically”, he said.
Jamie Raskin used the hearing to push his beliefs on gun control
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“Thousands of people have fallen victim to mass shootings. Last year, we had 655 mass shootings in America, defined as four or more people being killed in a single event.”
People took to social media to lament Raskin’s speech, with one user branding it “sickening”.
Another X user commented: “Is anyone surprised Raskin turned the J13 hearing into gun control grandstanding?”
“In a hearing about the Secret Service’s failures to protect President Trump, Rep. Jamie Raskin spent his opening statement talking about gun control and mocked people for believing in divine providence”, another X user fumed.
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