“I’m sorry to interrupt, but you keep saying, we’re not helpless. So, I’m saying: what would have prevented this tragedy?” Tapper asked Booker again, after the 2020 candidate failed to address the specifics of gun control.
CNN host Jake Tapper on Sunday pressed 2020 presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker to go into specifics on what he would do about gun control following Friday's mass shooting in Virginia Beach that left at least 12 people dead and four wounded.
Rather than address the question, Booker began discussing the prevalence of gun violence in general across America. “I have a comprehensive plan that people say is bold,” Booker continued. “But I will tell you that — I will tell you what. It’s not bold. It’s common-sense, evidence-based things that we can do to lower gun violence.”
“I hear you not talking about this specific massacre, but talking about gun violence in general,” Tapper interjected. “Let’s talk about your proposals in general.” “Just because we failed in the past, doesn’t mean we will fail in the future. I believe it takes grit and fight and will. We can muster that in the United States to do common sense things that do not take away people’s second amendment rights,” Booker answered.
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