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School Shooting Survivors Confront Politicians at Florida Town Hall

HeadlineFeb 22, 2018

Meanwhile, on Wednesday evening, survivors of the massacre at Stoneman Douglas High School sparred with politicians during a town hall hosted by CNN. This is shooting survivor Cameron Kasky questioning Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida over his NRA ties.

Cameron Kasky: “This is about people who are for making a difference to save us, and people who are against it and prefer money. So, Senator Rubio, can you tell me right now that you will not accept a single donation from the NRA in the future?”

Sen. Marco Rubio: “People buy into my agenda. And I do support the Second Amendment. And I also support the right of you and everyone here to be able to go to school and be safe. And I do support any law that would keep guns out of the hands of a deranged killer. And that’s why I support the things that I have stood for and fought for during my time here.”

Cameron Kasky: “No more—no more NRA money? More NRA money?”

Sen. Marco Rubio: “I—there—that is the wrong way to look—first of all, the answer is, people buy into my agenda.”

Cameron Kasky: “You could say no.”

We’ll have more of that exchange and more on the student-led national uprising against gun violence after headlines, when we go to Fort Lauderdale to speak with Shana Rosenthal, a former intern for Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who’s begging him to do something about guns.

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