In the aftermath of Democratic Senator Chris Murphy accusing Republicans of hypocrisy over being “pro-life” in response to the school shooting in Michigan, several MSNBC hosts seized on the speech and used it to peddle anti-gun misinformation. Joy Reid and Chris Hayes even invited the Connecticut senator to their primetime show.
And, even though the current crime wave began in May 2020 as the liberal media and BLM activists tried to undermine confidence in the nation’s police officers, Murphy tried to blame the crime wave on an increase in gun sales and even on President Donald Trump.
Reid met Senator Murphy Wednesday afternoon ReidOut, she engaged in her typical trash talk about Republicans, claiming that they want the right to cough on people and make them sick, and to have guns to “shoot up” places:
…it strikes me that Republicans are willing to go to the wall for some things. Their right to have as many guns as you want, and you can shoot up wherever you want, do that. Your right to smoke on as many people and as many people as possible with COVID. You can also get sicken as many people you like with COVID.
After Murphy repeated his claims that Republicans do not care about saving people’s lives, Reid declared:
Because they seem so interested only in the birth of babies, I’ve started to call them “Get’em a baby and then it’s their problem party” because they have no interest in living life. That means educating our children, providing healthcare for our citizens, and protecting people from being killed by gun violence. They care not about people’s lives.
On Wednesday’s Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough also picked up on Senator Murphy’s anti-Republican speech, and, even though the gun used in the Michigan shooting was a handgun (as are most gun-related crimes) recently bought by his father after a background check, the MSNBC host repeated calls for more background checks and restrictions on AR-15s, and repeated discredited polling claiming gun control is popular with the public.
Scarborough spoke out in favor of background checks being required for firearm purchases between individuals. But, recent studies show that the vast majority of criminals who have used guns to commit crimes were able to do so under legal circumstances such as theft or straw purchasing.
Al Sharpton appeared as a guest and claimed that an AR-15 is possible to buy without having to go through background checks.
Mika Brzezinski ended the segment with a shot at Republicans
The anxiety that our children, that this generation is growing up with, is incomprehensible. And Republicans, they kind of own it. You know, they don’t want anything else at this time. This entire 40-minute block of television has been about the danger the Republican party is putting on the American public. At this point they won’t do anything, they will just say nothing. This has to end.
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These transcripts are available:
MSNBC’sAll In with Chris Hayes
November 30, 2021
Eastern 8:53
CHRIS HAYES This is an American problem. Shootings like this happen if not frequently, at least regularly, more regularly than they should across the country, which is why Senator Chris Murphy whose home state of Connecticut was the site of the horrific Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, took to the Senate floor tonight visibly angry.
SENATOR CHRIS MURPH (D_CT). Don’t lecture us on the sacredness — The importance of lifeEvery day, 100 people are killed by gunsThis is deliberate. This is intentional. By the United States Senate, to sit on our shoulders and watch as children die.
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HAYES – Everyday, there are hundreds of gunshots in this country. It happens in rich democracies, but it’s not like it ever occurs elsewhere.
SENATOR MURPHY: And it’s happening at a rate, Chris, right now that we have not seen in decades — 2020 was the deadliest year in our lifetimes. We saw a 40 percent increase in gun murders, which was not coincidental to a 25 percent increase in gun sales. So we’re flooding the market with firearms that we choose not to regulate in a way that every other high income nation does.
We have a Republican party, as we talked about earlier in the show, that is engaged in the celebration and fetishization of violence, and we have a President, our prior President, who spent four years sort of making us fearful of each other, making us think we have to arm ourselves in order to protect ourselves from the other. This toxic mix has resulted in the greatest levels of gun violence ever recorded.
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MSNBC’s Morning Joe
December 1, 2021
Eastern at 6:05
JOE SCARBOROUGH: You had a senator from Connecticut give a very stirring speech, Willie, about the culture of life. And the very people that are running around self-righteously beating their chests, talking about supporting pro-life issues are the very people who, of course, won’t do what 90 percent of Americans want and get universal background checks — won’t make it harder for people who are mentally unfit to have weapons, dangerous weapons, to have weapons and go shoot up schools and synagogues and churches and country music concerts. They’re not beholden only to Washington, D.C., but to the preservation of life.
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6:31 a.m.
Almost 90 percent of Americans support expansive background checks. Background checks that are universal. To ensure law-abiding citizenship, background checks will be conducted to the maximum extent possible.
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I think so much a part of this comes down to basic gun safety. The NRA would have continued to preach gun safety as they had back in the 1950s and 1960s. Instead of becoming a lobbying organization, it would be doing its job.
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AL SHARPTON: It’s interesting to me, the hypocrisy. You don’t want background checks on people carrying weapons that could kill people, but you want all kind of voter ID for people to vote. This is absurd. All of the identification is required to vote. However, you do not need it to purchase an AR-15. Give me some grace.
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SCARBOROUGH: When you go back to the hypocrisy, people claiming to be the pro-life party are the same people that are for no gun safety — against any gun safety whatsoever — against universal background checks to protect our children.
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My question since Newtown was: Who can be against universal background check? Can anyone in good conscience be against universal background checks? Close to nine in ten Americans would support universal checks.
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MIKA BRZEZINSKI The anxiety that our children, that this generation is growing up with, is incomprehensible. And Republicans, they kind of own it. You know, they don’t want anything else at this time. This entire 40-minute block of television has been about the danger the Republican party is putting on the American public. At this point they won’t do anything, they will just say nothing. This has to end.
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MSNBC’s ReidOut
December 1, 2021
Eastern: 7:54 PM
JOY REID: We are hearing near total silence from Republicans on another epidemic plaguing our country, deadly gun violence in our schools. Sadly, a fourth student has now died after a 15-year-old opened fire in a Michigan high school yesterday. It was the 28th school shooting this year. Joining me now is Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut.
You know, and, Senator, it strikes me that Republicans are willing to go to the wall for some things. Their right to have as many guns as you want, and you can shoot up wherever you want, do that. Your right to smoke on as many people and as many people as possible with COVID. You can also get sicken as many people you like with COVID.Because Joe Biden wishes people to live with COVID, they are trying to shut down the government. Do you have any thoughts about this?
SENATOR CHRIS MURPH (D-CT),: It is quite incredible. I mean, the lack of concern for life by Republicans given their cavalier attitude about the 700,000 Americans who have died, given their, you know, complete uncaring attitude about the 100 people killed every single day who die from gun violence. This is truly amazing.
And so, you know, it really is pretty unreal to listen to Republicans talk about their concern for the sanctity of life as this abortion case comes before the United States Supreme Court because, when it comes to the lives we are trying to save from a pandemic and gun violence, they are nowhere to be found.
REID: I do mean it. Because they do not seem interested in life (e.g., education, health care, and stopping people dying due to gun violence), I started calling them the “Get’em nailed” party.It prevents children from (sic) not having to perform school shooting drills. They also know how to respond to a mass shooter. They aren’t concerned about keeping people alive.It is something.
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