Democrats remain frustrated by Mitch McConnell for gun control

House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer joined a group of frustrated Democrats who opposed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican leaders for enact a law on gun control after the disaster that raged in western Texas, killing at least seven people and more fuel. the debate on gun violence in America. Saturday's calls for action recalled those launched by Democrats in early August after the shooting in El Paso, Texas, and in Dayton, Ohio, killing 31 people in less than 24 hours.

In a tweet on Saturday, Schumer also called for an end to gun violence and asked McConnell to have the Senate review the House's background check bill as soon as Congress returns. The bill, which was passed in the House earlier this year by a vote at 240-190, but blocked by the Republican-controlled Senate, sparked renewed attention following the attacks in Texas and New York. in Ohio.

The Judiciary Committee of the House had planned to return from the August break a week earlier to tag gun legislation, but had postponed the meeting to a later date because several committee members represented regions. of Florida affected by Hurricane Dorian.

Congress has long struggled to pass a law on gun control even after a tragedy.

2020 Democrats call for action

"Now let's vote on gun safety legislation every day you wait, new tragedies occur," the Massachusetts senator tweeted on Saturday. "Do something, Senator McConnell. America is ready to wait for you.

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar said she wanted legislators "to go back to work in the Senate weeks ago to pass the bills and start fixing the problem."

"They did not do it.More of the same book: 1) promises made; 2) a meeting of the NRA; 3) broken promises. We must act," tweeted Klobuchar on Saturday.

"It is unacceptable that an incalculable number of communities elsewhere in the world have been victims of gun violence today," he said in a statement released on Saturday. "We are not powerless to act – we can stop this carnage by adopting common sense laws, such as firearms licenses, which keep guns from dangerous people who should not have them."

Castro has criticized Republicans, including Florida Sen. Rick Scott, for their "cheerful speech" promising to review legislation on gun violence but taking no action on it. He described Trump's past statements expressing his interest in verifying universal antecedents as "the biggest lies the president has told"

"The biggest lies the president has recounted is that he would do something about universal background checks.He said that twice after Parkland, then after El Paso and Dayton," Castro said Sunday on " Meet The Press ". "He's back on his word, these are the most important things that matter to this president."

O 'Rourke told CNN's Dana Bash on "The State of the Union" that "thoughts and prayers" have "done nothing" to curb the frantic shots in the country.

"A hundred killed every day in the United States of America.We record an average of 300 mass shots a year, no other country comes close to us, so yes, we are screwed in the air" said O & # 39; Rourke. He used the same expletive to describe mass shooting Saturday at an event in Virginia.

The Trump administration responds

Addressing reporters after returning to the White House Sunday Camp David, Trump called the shooting "very, very sad situation," but said the tragedy did not have an impact about what was going on in Congress.

"It has not really changed anything, we are making a package," he said. "We're looking at a lot of different things, a lot of bills, ideas, concepts, and most of the time, as hard as you do your background checks, they would not have stopped it. So it's a big problem It's a mental problem, it's a big problem. "