’Shame On Anyone Who Says It’s A Fake Problem’: Jacky Rosen Decries SCOTUS Bump Stock Ruling

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During a press conference on Tuesday, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) decried the Supreme Court’s decision on bump stocks.

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00:00Well, thank you, Senators Schumer, Murray, and Stabenow.

00:09But before I turn back to the issue of reproductive rights, I want to quickly address the Supreme

00:14Court's recent decision on bump stocks.

00:18My community, my city, my state were forever changed on 1 October in saying that banning

00:25bump stocks solves a fake problem.

00:29It's disgraceful and it's offensive.

00:32We lost Nevadans that day.

00:34Sixty people were killed in the largest mass shooting in American history.

00:39Families were torn apart.

00:41For us, the carnage created by bump stocks is very real.

00:47So shame on anyone who says it's a fake problem.

00:53The Trump era ban was common sense and it saved lives.

00:57We now have a responsibility to make it permanent in federal law.

01:02And I call on all of my colleagues to let this legislation move forward today.

01:09Now I'm going to talk about another critically important issue for Nevadans.

01:14Overturning Roe v. Wade was just the beginning of the nonstop attacks against reproductive

01:19freedom.

01:21In the years since, anti-choice politicians have pushed and pushed to restrict reproductive

01:26rights and ban abortion, including by passing a national abortion ban.

01:31They want to pass a national abortion ban right here in Congress.

01:36I've lived in Las Vegas for 50 years and I'd bet the House that anti-choice Senate Republicans

01:42will vote to ban abortion nationwide if they're given the chance.

01:46And so just because many of them are suddenly, they're just suddenly changing their tune,

01:51they're refusing to talk about this issue.

01:54It does not mean they won't vote for a nationwide abortion ban as soon as they're given the

01:59chance.

02:01So if you believe the extremists who pushed for years to overturn Roe, if you believe

02:06the extremists who said they were 100% life, those same extremists who advocated for state

02:14bans now agree in an election year not to pass a national abortion ban, well, I have

02:20some oceanfront property in Las Vegas to sell you.

02:24None of us here, none of us here will be fooled by their cover-ups of their anti-choice records.

02:32Instead, Senate Democrats are going to keep working to restore Roe.

02:38We'll keep working to protect access to birth control and we'll keep working to protect

02:44IVF for those folks who want to start a family.

02:48And we'll keep fighting to make sure that women and non-extreme politicians have the

02:55freedom to make their own health care decisions.

02:58Thank you.

’Shame On Anyone Who Says It’s A Fake Problem’: Jacky Rosen Decries SCOTUS Bump Stock Ruling

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