Parkland survivor David Hogg was kicked out of a House gun control meeting after tearing into Rep. Andy Biggs for using the same logic of 'mass shooters in your manifesto'
Lauren Frias
Wed, July 20, 2022
March for Our Lives founder David Hogg confronted Rep. Andy Biggs over his rhetoric on gun ownership.
The Parkland shooting survivor spoke out at a House Judiciary meeting on gun control Wednesday.
Biggs said Americans need guns to defend themselves against an "invasion of the southern border."
Parkland survivor David Hogg was thrown out of a House gun control meeting on Wednesday after he accused GOP Rep. Andy Biggs of parroting the same rhetoric employed by gunmen in mass shootings.
The House Judiciary Committee gathered on Wednesday to discuss gun control policies, including the 2021 Assault Weapons Ban and the Equal Access for Victims of Gun Violence Act.
During the meeting, Biggs, a Republican from Arizona, claimed Americans, specifically residents of his state, need assault weapons to protect themselves against an "invasion" of undocumented migrants, whom the conservative lawmaker said posed "a danger or threat."
"The reality is it is an invasion of our southern border," Biggs said.
Biggs' remarks prompted Hogg to rise from his seat in the gallery and yell: "You're reiterating the points of mass shooters in your manifesto!"
"The shooter at my high school: antisemitic, anti-Black, and racist. The shooter in El Paso described it as an invasion," the gun control activist shouted at Biggs during the meeting, referring to a 2019 shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas.
"Guess what? Those guns are coming from the United States of America. They aren't coming from Mexico," he added as security escorted him from the committee room. "You are reiterating the points of a mass shooter, sir. You are perpetuating violence."
A spokesperson for Biggs did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
David Hogg Confronts Politicians
During House Judiciary Committee
Meeting
David Hogg, a gun control activist and survivor of the 2018 Parkland school shooting, confronted politicians during a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Wednesday, July 20.
The committee was holding a meeting on legislation that would ban the sale, import, manufacture or transfer of some semi-automatic weapons.
This footage, filmed by Po Murray, shows Hogg standing up and yelling at the representatives, saying, “you are reiterating the points of mass shooters in their manifestos. The shooter at my high school, anti-semitic, anti-black and racist. The shooter in El Paso described it as an invasion…”. Hogg is then seen being escorted out of the room by a security officer.
In a video posted to Twitter after the meeting, Hogg said “before that video was recorded, there was a Republican who was repeatedly saying there was a ‘Mexican invasion’, a ‘hispanic invasion’… reality is, these mass shooters are reiterating talking points that sure as hell sound a lot like what these Republicans are saying.”
“if you’re saying something that mass shooters are also agreeing with, maybe you shouldn’t be saying that same thing at the same time.” He continued: “The shooter at my high school was not on opioids, the shooter at my high school was not mentally ill, the shooter at my high school was not an undocumented or illegal immigrant… Stop saying these talking points that these mass shooters are using”. Credit: Po Murray via Storyful
Video Transcript
- --reiterating the points of mass shooters in your manifesto. The shooter at my high school, anti-Semitic, anti-Black, and racist. The shooter in El Paso described it as an invasion. Guess what, those guns are coming from the United States of America! They aren't coming from Mexico! They are not coming from Mexico!
You are reiterating the point of a mass shooter, sir. Sir, you are perpetuating the violence. You need to realize this not a Democrat or Republican. Stop these things now.
- Go, David!
[INAUDIBLE]
- --reiterating the points of mass shooters in your manifesto. The shooter at my high school, anti-Semitic, anti-Black, and racist. The shooter in El Paso described it as an invasion. Guess what, those guns are coming from the United States of America! They aren't coming from Mexico! They are not coming from Mexico!
You are reiterating the points of a mass shooter, sir. Sir, you are perpetuating the violence. You need to realize this is not about a Democrat or a Republican. Stop these things now.
- Go, David!
- [INAUDIBLE]
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