Name: If Politicians Won't Take Action, These High Schoolers Will
Uploaded: 2018-02-23T22:17:40.000Z
Duration: 3 min 40 s
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NOW, WE WEREN'T ON AIR LAST WEEK WHEN THIS SHOOTING HAPPENED IN

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AND LIKE YOU, I WAS SICKENED AND HEARTBROKEN, NOT ONLY BY THE

ATTACK AND THE LOSS OF LIFE, BUT BY WHAT I FEARED WOULD BE THE

AND THAT FEELING WAS QUICKLY REINFORCED BY STATEMENTS LIKE

THIS FROM PEOPLE LIKE MARCO RUBIO, WHO COMPLETELY ABDICATED

>> YOU COULD PASS A LAW THAT MAKES IT HARD TO GET THIS KIND

OF GUN IN A NEW CONDITION, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO STRUGGLE TO KEEP

IT OUT OF THE HANDS OF SOMEONE WHO HAS DECIDED THAT'S WHAT THEY

I'M JUST TRYING TO BE CLEAR AND HONEST HERE.

IF SOMEONE HAS DECIDED, "I'M GOING TO COMMIT THIS CRIME,"

THEY WILL FIND A WAY TO GET THE GUN TO DO IT.

>> Stephen: ANOTHER AS LONG AS WE'RE BEING CLEAR AND HONEST,

SENATOR, AS A LAWMAKER, YOUR POSITION IS "THE

EVERYONE INTO THE THUNDERDOME!" THEN WHY DO WE NEED YOU?

IT SEEMS LIKE A HOUSEPLANT WOULD DO A BETTER JOB, AND IT WOULD

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN.

( APPLAUSE ) BUT THERE IS ONE GROUP THAT DOES

GIVE ME HOPE THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO PROTECT THE

THESE STUDENTS SAW THEIR LEADERS DOING NOTHING AND SAID, "HOLD MY

>> MY MESSAGE FOR THE PEOPLE IN OFFICE IS YOU'RE EITHER WITH US

WE ARE LOSING OUR LIVES WHILE THE ADULTS ARE PLAYING AROUND.

>> TO EVERY POLITICIAN WHO IS TAKING DONATIONS FROM THE

>> YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN A SINGLE BILL FOR MENTAL HEALTHCARE OR

GUN CONTROL AND PASSED IT, AND THAT'S PATHETIC.

YOU THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO FOCUS ON THE PAST AND NOT THE

FUTURE TO PREVENT THE DEATH OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER CHILDREN?

I THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE THE VOTING AGE.

UNTIL WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT GUNS, YOU CAN'T VOTE IF YOU'RE

THESE KIDS ARE TAKING ACTION, ORGANIZING A SERIES OF SCHOOL

WALKOUTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND A MARCH IN WASHINGTON.

THE ONLY REASON I WALKED OUT OF CLASS WAS TO GO BEHIND THE

TALLAHASSEE TO ASK LAWMAKERS TO BEG LAWMAKERS, TO REINSTATE THE

ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN, THE VERY WEAPONS THAT WERE USED TO KILL

AND WITH THESE STUDENTS WATCHING FROM THE GALLERY, THOSE

LEGISLATORS PROVED THEY HEARD THEIR ANGUISHED CRIES AND

WELL, I HOPE THESE KIDS DON'T GICH UP, BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR

SOMEONE ELSE MAY BE IN POWER, BUT THIS COUNTRY BELONGS TO

A LOT OF MEN IN POWER DID NOT SEE THAT COMING.

BUT IT PROVED THAT CHANGE CAN HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE CHANGE, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE POLLS AND

TELL THE PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT PROTECT YOU THAT THEIR TIME IS

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If Politicians Won't Take Action, These High Schoolers Will

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