Father of slain Parkland shooting victim Jaime Guttenberg was escorted out of the State of the Union after protesting President Trump on the House floor.
Fred Guttenberg, 54, was invited as a guest of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Tuesday’s annual address. As the president praised the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, Guttenberg could be heard yelling about “victims of gun violence like my daughter.”
Footage of Guttenberg being removed from the gallery by Capitol Police circulated online. Gun control activist and Parkland survivor David Hogg shared the clip, writing, “Tonight he stood up to a president that believes peace and the second amendment are mutually exclusive and was removed.”
.@fred_guttenberg lost his daughter in the Parkland shooting and has worked every day since to end gun violence.
Tonight he stood up to a president that believes peace and the second amendment are mutually exclusive and was removed.#ImWithFred pic.twitter.com/RprctMp2iE
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) February 5, 2020
While Guttenberg’s protest was difficult to hear over the president’s speech and ensuing applause, some Democrats turned toward him and cheered him on.
UPDATE – this was Fred Guttenberg, the father of Jaime Guttenberg, who was killed in the Parkland shooting https://t.co/iRR88gWzQq
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) February 5, 2020
Guttenberg also made headlines in September 2018 after attempting to shake then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s hand. He claimed Kavanaugh refused his handshake, but White House officials later confirmed that Kavanaugh was unaware of Guttenberg’s identity.
Jamie Guttenberg was one of 17 people slain by a lone gunman on Feb. 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
