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Related: About this forumParkland 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
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I hope they file charges against that Republican who insisted they take them out.
True Blue American
Mar 2023
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True Blue American
(17,994 posts)1. I hope they file charges against that Republican who insisted they take them out.
Last edited Sun Mar 26, 2023, 07:46 AM - Edit history (1)
The Police, too who held him down on the floor!
crim son
(27,464 posts)2. Mind blowing
It is surreal, the lack of respect that is shown to the victims and their families.
intheflow
(28,507 posts)3. I heard them both speak less than a year after the shooting.
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
Those who worship guns no matter how many children are massacred have a special place in Hell.
MagaSmash
(5,516 posts)5. Complete and Utter Lack of Respect for the Parents of Shooting Victims by right wingers. VILE.