Obama backs House protest over gun control

Published June 22, 2016 5:18pm ET



President Obama indicated Wednesday that he backs the effort by House Democrats to force a vote on gun control legislation, which threatened to shut down the entire House for the rest of the day.

“Thanks you John Lewis for leading on gun violence where we need it most,” Obama tweeted.

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