CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota asked Parkland, Fla., student David Hogg if his “ire” for Republican Sen. Marco Rubio “is misplaced” as students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School push lawmakers for stricter gun laws.
Students have targeted the Florida senator in the aftermath of the shooting that left 17 dead, saying he hasn’t done enough to prevent such shootings from happening again. At Saturday’s March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C., some students, including Hogg, called out Rubio by name for taking donations from the National Rifle Association.
Camerota pushed Hogg on whether he’s being fair to Rubio.
“I’m not a Marco Rubio spokesperson, but now that I’ve heard what he’s doing behind the scenes — he’s is sponsoring all of these various bills, two were part of the omnibus, and so things are happening. All I’m suggesting is that maybe your ire is misplaced, since he is actually trying to work across the aisle,” she said.
Hogg responded by saying that as long as Rubio is supported by the NRA there will always be loopholes in gun legislation.
“He can pass as many laws as you want, but if those laws are not very strong and they have so many loopholes that the NRA works so hard to ensure that they have, they aren’t going to be strong enough,” Hogg said.
