As House lawmakers heard gut-wrenching testimony from survivors and loved ones of victims in the recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, advocates gathered near the Capitol for a rally.
PUBLISHED 3:50 PM EDT Jun. 08, 2022from survivors and loved ones of victims in the recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, advocates gathered near the Capitol for a rally to demand action on guns.
Zeneta Everhart, whose 21-year-old son, Zaire Goodman, survived the racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store that left 10 Black Americans dead, spoke to the crowd after addressing the House Oversight Committee earlier Wednesday “Are we are gonna make sure that every single one of my colleagues in the United States Senate, hears from this movement over the course of this week and next week?” Murphy asked the crowd.
“I'm simply here to tell you that as I stand here today, as we are working through negotiations with our Republican colleagues, I am preparing to succeed,” Murphy added. “I am preparing to save lives, and I wouldn't be in that position, my colleagues that are going to speak to you next, wouldn't be in that position if it wasn't for this movement.”