The confrontation, filmed Friday, came hours after the conservative lawmaker delivered a speech at a National Rifle Association convention in Houston.
“The background checks wouldn’t have stopped the shooter,” Cruz responds. “You know what would have? The bill I introduced-“
After the flash, Benjamin Hernandez confronted Ted Cruz and asks the senator why he refuses to support further background checks for gun purchasers.Hernandez quickly cuts off Cruz, who becomes visibly more agitated. “We can make it harder for people to get guns in this country, sir,” Hernandez says. “You know that, but you stand here, you stand at the NRA convention, it is harder when there are more guns to stop gun violence.”Benjamin Hernandez works with the liberal-leaning group Indivisible Houston and yelled as security pull him out of the restaurant.
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