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Rhiannon12866

(206,332 posts)
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 02:30 AM Mar 2023

Parkland Parent Patricia Oliver Reacts to Being Compared to Insurrectionists at Gun Rights Hearing.



Patricia Oliver, parent of a Parkland school shooting victim, shares how she was forced to leave a Capitol Hill gun rights hearing after asking representatives where guns came from in Mexico. Oliver's husband was arrested at the hearing and the couple was compared to January 6 insurrectionists by a Republican lawmaker. "How come you want to compare that to the insurrection? What are you talking about? We are parents of a kid we lost to a mass shooting." Patricia Oliver said. - MSNBC Reports - Aired on 03/25/2023.


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Parkland Parent Patricia Oliver Reacts to Being Compared to Insurrectionists at Gun Rights Hearing. (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Mar 2023 OP
I hope they file charges against that Republican who insisted they take them out. True Blue American Mar 2023 #1
Mind blowing crim son Mar 2023 #2
I heard them both speak less than a year after the shooting. intheflow Mar 2023 #3
Mr and Mrs Oliver did a great job representing their beloved son Wild blueberry Mar 2023 #4
Complete and Utter Lack of Respect for the Parents of Shooting Victims by right wingers. VILE. MagaSmash Mar 2023 #5

True Blue American

(17,994 posts)
1. I hope they file charges against that Republican who insisted they take them out.
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 07:15 AM
Mar 2023

Last edited Sun Mar 26, 2023, 07:46 AM - Edit history (1)

The Police, too who held him down on the floor!

intheflow

(28,507 posts)
3. I heard them both speak less than a year after the shooting.
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 10:20 AM
Mar 2023

They came from Colombia to build a safe home for their family.

Wild blueberry

(6,671 posts)
4. Mr and Mrs Oliver did a great job representing their beloved son
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 12:46 PM
Mar 2023

Those who worship guns no matter how many children are massacred have a special place in Hell.

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