Steve Scalise on Vegas Shooting: Shouldn’t Be ‘Thinking of Promoting Our Political Agenda’
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In an interview that is set to air this evening on Fox News, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) discussed his views on gun rights following his own brush with death following a shooting at a Congressional baseball practice months ago. He also weighed in on the recent Las Vegas mass shooting and how he felt people should respond in the first few days.
Asked by Fox News host Martha MacCallum if the shooting that nearly took his life has changed his views on the 2nd Amendment, Scalise responded, “I think it’s fortified it.”
The Republican lawmaker then went on to say that those calling for tougher gun control laws in the wake of the country’s most deadly mass shooting should instead offer up thoughts and prayers for the victims.
“Because first of all you’ve got to recognize that when there’s a tragedy like this, the first thing we should be thinking about is praying for the people who were injured and doing whatever we can to help them, to help law enforcement,” he said.
Scalise also called on others to keep their politics to themselves at this time.
“We shouldn’t first be thinking of promoting our political agenda,” he stated.
Recently, Scalise was welcomed with thunderous applause when he made his return to Congress following months on the mend. In his address on the House floor, he made a call for unity, stating that Congress is the “people’s house.”
Watch the clip above, via Fox News.
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