In a hearing today on the rules committee, one that weirdly mixed gun laws that were, so ironically, just expanded yesterday, when the SCOTUS said that States couldn’t require people to show a need for a concealed carry permit, versus today when the SCOTUS told people that it didn’t matter how much a person might “need” abortion services, if she is in the wrong state, she’s in trouble.
Regardless, during the hearing on the ubiquity of guns, Raskin asked Marjorie Taylor Greene if she believed that kids should be armed at school. Marjorie started to explain how it was that if a madman came to her kids’ school to kill people, “unfortunately, a psychologist would not be able to talk them out of it.” Raskin then asked Marjorie if she believed that students should be armed, and Marjorie dodged it by saying that it was important that kids are trained in firearms. (The real hammer is below)
Jamie Raskin asks Marge Greene if she believes one of the solutions to school shootings is arming students. Greene: “I think children should be trained with firearms. I definitely do. I think that’s very important.” pic.twitter.com/rMvmECo1bv [1]
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 24, 2022 [2]
Raskin mentioned that Marjorie Taylor-Greene had gone on America’s Real Voice and referenced the Declaration of Independence in overthrowing a tyrant. He asked Marjorie if she believed that the January 6th insurrection was about legitimately overthrowing a tyrant.
Marjorie then – unbelievably – says that she knows it’s early in the morning but that “this is a rules committee meeting, not your Trump Derangement Syndrome hearings you call the January 6th committee hearing.”
Raskin then pointed out that they’d been talking about the 2nd Amendment and the need for firearms to overthrow tyrants. He said that Marjorie had also advocated for people to be allowed to carry guns wherever they wanted. Raskin then stated that some people were armed on January 6th but by Marjorie Taylor Greene’s rationale, everyone should have been armed.
Marjorie asked if Raskin had any evidence that people were armed on January 6th and Raskin delivers the hammer: “Wait for it.”
In a heated confrontation today, Jamie Raskin asks Marge if she thinks people have a right to carry guns wherever they want, was it ok for J6 rioters to have guns. Marge says, “What evidence do you have that people were armed that day?” Raskin responds, “Oh, just wait for it.” pic.twitter.com/d7G0McteMN [3]
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 24, 2022 [4]
Raskin then appropriately reset the hearing in a heated exchange in which Raskin reminded Marjorie that she was not a member of the Committee and was there to answer questions. It was beautiful.
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[email protected], @JasonMiciak, with Nicole Hickman