Dem Rep Rips Sinema On Filibuster After TX Massacre

The Hill reports:

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on Tuesday — hours after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — wrote on Twitter that she was “horrified and heartbroken” by the massacre.

Just over one hour later, Rep. Ruben Gallego told Sinema to “just stop,” pointing to her stance on the filibuster, which requires bills to secure 60 votes for passage in the Senate.

Sinema, along with Sen. Joe Manchin, has been opposed to removing the filibuster to pass various bills, which many Democrats have called for amid stark partisan gridlock in Washington.

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Please just stop.. unless you are willing to break the filibuster to actually pass sensible gun control measures you might as well just say “thoughts and prayers” https://t.co/YA5Pp3dqao

— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) May 24, 2022