{"id":1493455,"date":"2022-05-26T15:29:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T19:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493455"},"modified":"2022-05-26T15:29:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T19:29:52","slug":"senate-democrat-uses-texas-school-shooting-to-push-for-packing-the-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrat-uses-texas-school-shooting-to-push-for-packing-the-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrat Uses Texas School Shooting To Push For Packing The Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-democrat-uses-texas-school-shooting-to-push-for-packing-the-supreme-court%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493455&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) used the horrific shooting that took place at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, to argue that one way to prevent more school shootings was to pack the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Markey began by calling for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/biden-goes-around-congress-with-police-reform-executive-order-blames-republicans\/\">gun control<\/a> \u2014 as have a number of his Democratic colleagues and even President Joe Biden \u2014 and then immediately pivoted to argue that the only way to ensure that gun control laws would not face a challenge or even face the possibility of being overturned was to add at least two justices to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEd Markey uses the Texas shooting to \u2026 attack the Supreme Court and push for court packing. If you\u2019re one of the people who wants Washington to \u2018do something,\u2019 on gun violence look at people like Ed Markey who want to shift the debate to every other political goal they have,\u201d Matt Whitlock tweeted, along with video of Markey\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ed Markey uses the Texas shooting to.. attack the Supreme Court and push for court packing.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re one of the people who wants Washington to &#8220;do something,&#8221; on gun violence look at people like Ed Markey who want to shift the debate to every other political goal they have. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GumsYlR02y\">pic.twitter.com\/GumsYlR02y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattdizwhitlock\/status\/1529846488616079360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to take very seriously the threat, which an illegitimate, far-Right Supreme Court poses to gun safety in our country,\u201d Markey said, going on to claim that former President Donald Trump had \u201cstolen\u201d two Supreme Court seats and, in doing so, had rendered the Court \u201cillegitimate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to expand the Supreme Court to get back the two stolen seats that the Republicans and Donald Trump took from the American people, so that we can ensure that when we put gun safety laws on the books, they are not overridden by the Supreme Court of the United States,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Markey also joined President Biden in using the shooting to attack the National Rifle Association (NRA) and Republicans who support the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhat the American people want is for the NRA to stand for \u2018Not Relevant Anymore\u2019 in American politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ed Markey joins fellow Democratic senators and gun reform activists at press conference following elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bo5GYe1goQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/bo5GYe1goQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/elAvxYDWAE\">pic.twitter.com\/elAvxYDWAE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCPolitics\/status\/1529856281707700227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the American people want the NRA to stand for is \u2018Not Relevant Anymore in American politics,&#8217;\u201d Markey said, claiming that the Republican Party was stuck in the grip of the NRA and forced to \u201cdo what the NRA tells them that they should do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Biden, after giving a cursory nod to the victims of Tuesday\u2019s shooting, parlayed the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/its-just-sick-biden-uses-school-shooting-address-to-slam-gun-lobby\/\">remainder of his address<\/a> to the nation into an attack aimed at the \u201cgun lobby\u201d and a warning aimed at any political opponents who would stand in the way of \u201ccommon sense gun laws\u201d moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) used the horrific shooting that took place at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, to argue that one way to prevent more school shootings was to pack the Supreme Court. 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