As Twitchy reported, Senate Democrats led by Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) chose to tackle the problem of Islamic terrorism Wednesday by launching a filibuster over guns, which recently passed the 8-hour mark.
We just passed the 8 hour mark. @ChrisMurphyCT and the rest of Senate Democrats are still going strong. #holdthefloor
— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) June 15, 2016
Without hearing from the senators themselves, it’s hard to say if they missed the FBI’s classified briefing on the Orlando mass shooting because they were keeping the filibuster going, or because they refused to go on principle, much as some House members recently vowed to walk out on any future moments of silence for victims of gun violence.
Senators will be briefed today by @FBI Director & #HomelandSecurity Secretary about #Orlando and involvement with #ISIS
— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) June 15, 2016
It appears the Dems on Senate floor will skip the 4pET classified briefing by the FBI director and DHS secy on the #Orlando shooting.
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) June 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton might have set the tone from the top for that one, having slept through the president’s briefing on Benghazi just days after the fatal terror attack.
The FBI director is currently giving a briefing to the full Senate–or rather, those not fake filibustering—on what happened in Orlando.
— J.P. Freire (@JPFreire) June 15, 2016
ProTip: If you're speaking on the #Senate floor right now, you are not in the FBI/DHS briefing about #Orlando going on downstairs.
— STEW ??? ⚾️ ? (@StewSays) June 15, 2016
Full disclosure: Antonia Ferrier is the staff director of the Senate Republican Communications Center, so yes, she’s just doing her job, but it’s good information to have.
So instead of going to a serious briefing by the head of the FBI on #orlando attack Ds are on the floor doing a talkathon…seriously.
— Antonia Ferrier (@ahrferrier) June 15, 2016
Which Senate Ds skipped closed #orlando briefing w/ FBI, Homeland Sec Dep? Warner, Shaheen, Menendez, Murphy, Gillibrand, McKaskill, Booker
— Antonia Ferrier (@ahrferrier) June 15, 2016
Rep. John Lewis gave his colleagues in the Senate a shout-out for getting in the way, which is also known as obstruction on the condition Republicans are the ones doing it.
Some times you have to disturb the order of things. You have to get in the way. I stand with my Senate colleagues. #filibuster #goodtrouble
— John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) June 15, 2016
Thank you @repjohnlewis, I'm proud to be literally standing with @ChrisMurphyCT throughout this #fillibuster https://t.co/Xu0Qmz1lHs
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) June 15, 2016
Enough was the word of the day; as in, “We know enough that we don’t need to hear from the FBI or Homeland Security.”
.@CoryBooker gives passionate speech on gun control: “Enough. Enough. Enough…What we’re seeking is common sense.” https://t.co/msfOvnLtnS
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 15, 2016
WATCH: Heading 2 floor 2 stand & speak in solidarity w @corybooker & @chrismurphyct & against weapons of war #ENOUGH https://t.co/OWWQTXM70i
— Senator Bob Menendez (@SenatorMenendez) June 15, 2016
During #filibuster on Orlando shooting: Let’s be clear: Tears are not enough. Expressions of outrage are not enough. https://t.co/dxUx4BZKuV
— Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (@SenatorShaheen) June 15, 2016
Thoughts and prayers aren’t enough – we need to act. #Enough #Filibusterhttps://t.co/SrdVjkmCR7
— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) June 15, 2016
ICYMI. My speech in #filibuster today. #Enough No guns for terrorists &background checks. Simple common sense. https://t.co/nU1svnoQtd
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) June 15, 2016
That’s a lot of talk inspired by the Orlando terror attack by people who reportedly skipped the FBI/DHS classified briefing on the Orlando terror attack.
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