An emotional Parkland dad was handcuffed after he shouted at the State of the Union speech, he says

[BeckyDem]

By
Alex Horton,
The Washington Post
10:59 AM


WASHINGTON – Clad in his trademark orange tie and ribbon, the guest of honor had reached his breaking point.

Fred Guttenberg, the father of slain Parkland student Jamie Guttenberg, simmered with anger Tuesday during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. Trump discussed immigrants who committed crimes and declared that “human life is a sacred gift from God!”

Guttenberg felt as if something was missing. What about people killed by gun violence like his daughter, slain two years ago in a massacre at her school? He leaned over to a fellow guest of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and said he was on the verge of losing it.

And when Trump said gun rights were “under siege all across our country,” Guttenberg did lose it, he said, after he shouted about victims like Jamie.

https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2020/02/05/fred-guttenberg-state-of-the-union

[JohnnyLib2]

1. I just donated to his nonprofit:

Orange Ribbons for Jamie.

[BeckyDem]

7. You are awesome.

[fescuerescue]

2. Yea the capital police move pretty quickly in the Senate Chamber

Just speaking softly is a sure way to get locked up unless you are a Senator.

Seen that happen a few times.

[MagickMuffin]

3. I believe the SOTU is held in the House of Representatives

not the senate.

[fescuerescue]

4. ah yes

Same capital police of course.

I've never had the honor of being in the House Chamber, but I have the Senate chamber and they are pretty strict. Much stricter than a courtroom.

I would image the House Chamber, police by the same force, during a SOTU would be even quicker on the draw.

[malaise]

5. Tears

[BeckyDem]

6. Yep. Unimaginable pain is still there.