CNN Newsroom: Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) is Interviewed about an Assault Weapons Ban

Interview

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Well, I was encouraged by the thunderous applause last night for banning assault weapons. You know the 11 shooting victims in Monterey Park were killed by a high-capacity magazine that is now illegal in California. And it allowed this shooter to kill many people at once in a very, very short period of time. It is so clear that it's time to ban assault weapons and also to ban high-capacity magazines. And I think that it's - it's the voices of victims like hers and - and the voices of victims of mass shootings and of shootings all across the country that need to be heard so that everybody in America can rise up and ultimately get this ban.

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Actually, I thought he was very forceful. And he especially wanted to bring Brandon Tsay so that he could talk about what happened in Monterey Park. I thought that it was a very important way to show what happened. So, no, I appreciate everything that he did on that issue.

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I thought it was very disrespectful. Worse, I thought it was very disingenuous. The boos came around President Biden's statement that Republicans wanted to cut Social Security and Medicare. And, actually, we have seen many statements on the part of the most extreme in the Republican caucus who do want to cut it. So, I - you know, I know that there are many Republicans who don't want to, but the most extreme in their party want to do that and right now just a handful of people can control where this Republican caucus goes.

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Thank you.

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