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In a crass stunt to push gun control, Rep. Ted Lieu walked out of a moment of silence for the Texas church massacre victims. On Sunday, gunman Devin Kelley shot dead 27 people and injured 20 more.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) says he walked out of a moment of silence on the House floor for victims of the mass shooting in Texas, saying he “will not be silent” after yet another massacre.
Lieu posted a video on his Facebook page Monday night after the moment of silence, during which he said he was “heartbroken about the children and adults that were killed in the worst mass shooting in Texas history this Sunday.”
“My colleagues right now are doing a moment of silence in the House of Representatives’ chambers,” Lieu said. “I respect their right to do that and I myself have participated in many of them.”
“But I can’t do this again, I’ve been to too many moments of silences. In just my short period in congress three of the worst mass shootings in us history have occurred. I will not be silent.”
Within hours of Lieu’s stunt, Sen. Ted Cruz joined Fox News to report Texas officials told him that if it wasn’t for an armed citizens stepping up to Kelley, “a lot more people would’ve been killed.”