A visibly angry and shaken Steve Kerr on Tuesday evening condemned senators, particularly Republican leader Mitch McConnell, for failing to act on gun legislation, hours after a gunman killed 18 children and two adults at an elementary school in Texas.
Kerr, who refused to discuss basketball during his remarks, was also referring to a mass shooting 10 days ago at a Buffalo grocery store, where a racist gunman targeted mainly Black people, as well as an attack on Asian parishioners at a California church that is being investigated as a hate crime. Both occurred within the past two weeks.
He also mentioned HR8, a bill that would expand background checks for gun purchases. The Democratic-controlled House passed it in 2019, but the measure would need to clear the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the evenly divided Senate. Republicans, many of whom are backed by the National Rifle Association, have successfully swatted away several attempts to impose restrictions on access to guns.
"We're being held hostage by 50 senators in Washington who refuse to even put it to a vote, despite what we, the American people, want," Kerr said."They won't vote on it, because they want to hold on to their own power. It's pathetic." The coach slammed the table for emphasis several times during his plea.addressed the nation Tuesday night."We as a nation have to ask when in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby.
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