A protester disrupted President Joe Biden’s Monday speech for the Safer Communities Act.
This demonstrator was not pro-Second Amendment.
The man who stopped Biden’s address instead criticized him for not doing more to promote gun control.
Biden advised the protester to sit down when he stood up to speak at the White House event, but then instructed the audience to “let him speak.”
President Biden to protester: "Sit down. You'll hear what I have to say." pic.twitter.com/FZvMZoLam5
— CSPAN (@cspan) July 11, 2022
Manuel Oliver, whose son was killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, was eventually recognized as the demonstrator.
Manuel Oliver — who lost his son in Parkland — was the man who just interrupted President Biden's speech on gun control.
Oliver all but stated he would do this on CNN hours earlier with cable news carnival barker Joe Walsh. pic.twitter.com/FCo3pFikWy
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 11, 2022
Oliver questioned Biden’s credentials for gun control in a CNN interview prior to the White House event.
Due to the same number of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate, it was difficult for Democrats to force through more extreme gun control ideas.
Manuel Oliver to CNN on what he'd tell Biden today: "It's been a while that I've been calling out…using the word celebration, getting together, is like we're going to a party, to a wedding…it's not…enough…There was no reason for this event to be called as it's called[.]" pic.twitter.com/UiZ5ECA7qy
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 11, 2022
Oliver’s interruption of Biden’s speech did not instantly reveal what he was saying. However, NBC later reported that Oliver said, “We have to do more than that,” in response to Biden claiming that his administration had made “meaningful progress on dealing with gun violence.”
More on this story via The Western Journal:
He soon allowed Biden to continue. The Democrat went on to tout his support of the original 1994 ban of so-called assault weapons, demanding a new version of the gun control law.
The Safer Communities Act passed with support from fifteen Senate Republicans and appropriates federal funding to states to create their own red flag laws. CONTINUE READING…