MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough slammed Home Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) “preposterous” feedback in opposition to gun reform following a mass taking pictures in Maine that left 18 individuals useless.
On Wednesday, the identical day Johnson was elected speaker, a gunman opened hearth with an assault-style rifle at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston.
In an interview on Fox Information Thursday, the Louisiana Republican stated the issue isn’t weapons, however “the human coronary heart,” and argued it’s “not the time to be speaking about laws.”
On “Morning Joe” Friday, Scarborough famous that the human coronary heart “isn’t fabricated from metal, and it might probably’t repel the bullets.”
“Let me get affirmation from Katty,” he added, asking British-Swiss journalist Katty Kay. “Have they got human hearts in Britain and France and Germany and Spain? And by the best way, have they got video video games there? Have they got psychological well being issues?”
None of these international locations have gun legal guidelines wherever close to as relaxed because the U.S., or gun possession ranges wherever close to as excessive. Mass shootings there are a lot rarer.
Later within the broadcast, Scarborough stated Johnson knew he was being dishonest and “he is aware of that america has an issue distinctive to these kinds of shootings.”
“I can’t consider we even have a politician that may say in 2023 after a taking pictures, now isn’t the time to speak about mass shootings,” he stated.
Republican lawmakers — lots of whom obtain substantial marketing campaign assist from the gun foyer — have concocted myriad excuses for mass shootings over time, blaming nearly the whole lot however the weapons.
There have already been 566 mass shootings within the U.S. this 12 months, in response to the Gun Violence Archive’s tally.
Pointing to this determine, Scarborough puzzled, if “now isn’t the time” to speak about it, when is it?
“There are not any breaks in America anymore between mass shootings,” he stated.
“We’ve got extra mass shootings in America yearly than we’ve got days within the 12 months,” he added.
The suspect within the Maine taking pictures was nonetheless on the unfastened Friday morning.
