一名帕克兰学校枪击案受害者的父亲在大喊大叫后被护送出唐纳德·特朗普总统的国情咨文演说,他说他被总统对枪支的评论所感动。
弗雷德·古腾堡在佛罗里达州的枪击事件中失去了他14岁的女儿詹姆,此后他毕生致力于枪支安全运动,喊着“我的女儿怎么办”正如特朗普所说,第二修正案“被包围了”
众议院议长南希·佩洛西邀请古腾堡参加活动,随后他在安全人员的陪同下离开会议厅。古腾堡告诉记者:“上周我的情绪失控了,我希望没有。”新闻周刊。
“我试着经历这个过程,但没有发生这种情况,我的情绪淹没了我。但他们上周这么做是因为这位总统所说的话。”
这位为女儿建立了一个组织的活动家称詹姆的橙色丝带他说,特朗普的话“充满仇恨和煽动性,最终没有对枪支暴力的发生做出任何解释。”
他继续说,特朗普“指责像我这样想对枪支暴力采取行动的人,并说,‘我们会保护第二修正案不受像你这样的人的伤害。’"
“嗯,第二修正案没有风险。这是一个谎言,”古腾堡说。
“所以我表现出来了。我非常感谢第二天发生的事情,因为枪支暴力是国情咨文后第二天谈话的一部分,否则就不会发生了。”
在他的演讲中,特朗普说:“正如我们相信第一修正案一样,我们也相信另一项宪法权利,这项权利在我们整个国家都受到了围攻。只要我是总统,我将永远保护你持有和携带武器的第二修正案权利。”
古腾堡说,他与特朗普政府的关系在这一事件中没有改变。他说:“我会说,这从来都不是一个精彩的故事,因为我说出了我所看到的,这不是针对枪支暴力的有意义的行动。”。
他认为政府使用的语言“增加了潜在的暴力风险”
“所以我叫他们出来。我的意思是,他们不是一个真正试图降低这个国家暴力风险的政府。他们使用的语言增强了这一点,我会一直大声说出来,”他说。
自从他的女儿成为2018年2月佛罗里达州斯通曼·道格拉斯高中17名遇难者之一以来,古腾堡一直是枪支改革的积极倡导者。
他之前为新闻周刊 关于能够打印3D枪的风险和枪支安全立法。
他的妻子詹妮弗写道她女儿死于枪支暴力以及她为什么相信2020年的总统选举是一代人中最重要的。
周一,白宫日程表列出了一项活动:“总统问候帕克兰家庭。”这让古腾堡大吃一惊,他在推特上写道,他的家人没有被邀请。
据了解,下午的闭门活动是与一个名为“与帕克兰站在一起”的特定团体进行的,该团体由一些家庭创建,目的是讨论其参与的一项特定学校安全倡议的展开。
不属于该组织的古腾堡说,他发现白宫的时间表具有误导性,因为这意味着在2月14日枪击事件的两年周年纪念日之前,该事件是与帕克兰家庭的一次全体会议。
“现在我知道那是什么了,我没去过也没关系。当公共时间表公布时,并没有说要和“与公园站在一起”的成员开会讨论学校安全。上面说要会见帕克兰家族,”古腾堡说。
“我开始接到电话,并根据我掌握的信息发布了推文。我支持与帕克兰站在一起,他们做了非常棒的事情。”
古腾堡说,他不知道这次会面,也不需要知道会面的地点,但是白宫的时间表“让他们看起来像是在考虑两年后与帕克兰家族会面。”
“在我看来,这是在试图利用一个情绪激动的时刻。所以我发布了一条推特,只知道公共时间表,不知道会议是什么,也不知道和谁在一起,”古腾堡告诉记者新闻周刊。
“我支持昨天在那里的家庭,但我对白宫非常失望。”
白宫新闻秘书斯蒂芬妮·格里森告诉记者新闻周刊参加活动的客人是由帕克兰看台选出的,他们将讨论学校安全信息交换所。
“与帕克兰站在一起决定了邀请。他们选择邀请那些不知疲倦地与政府合作的家庭来发展信息交换所,”格里森说。
我们已经联系了该组织征求意见。
2020年2月4日,在华盛顿特区的美国国会大厦,唐纳德·特朗普总统发表国情咨文时,弗雷德·古腾堡在大喊大叫后被保安带走
PARKLAND FATHER ON WHY HE ACTED OUT AT TRUMP'S STATE OF THE UNION: 'THE SECOND AMENDMENT ISN'T AT RISK—IT'S A LIE'
The father of a Parkland school shooting victim who was escorted out of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address last week after shouting said he was overcome by emotion at the president's comments on guns.
Fred Guttenberg, who lost his 14-year-old daughter Jaime in the Florida shooting and has since dedicated his life to campaigning for gun safety, cried out "what about my daughter" as Trump said the Second Amendment was "under siege."
Guttenberg, who was invited to the event by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was then escorted from the chamber by security. "My emotions got the best of me last week and I wish they didn't," Guttenberg told Newsweek.
"I try to go through this process without having that happen, where my emotions overwhelm me. But they did last week because of the things this president was saying."
The campaigner, who set up an organization in his daughter's honor called Orange Ribbons for Jaime, said Trump's words were "hateful and inciting and ultimately not doing anything about why gun violence happens."
He continued that Trump was "blaming people like me who want to do something about gun violence and saying, 'we will defend the Second Amendment from people like you.'"
"Well, the Second Amendment isn't at risk. It's a lie," Guttenberg said.
"So I acted out. I'm very thankful for what happened the following day because gun violence was part of the conversation the day after the State of the Union and it would not have otherwise been."
During his address, Trump had said: "Just as we believe in the First Amendment, we also believe in another constitutional right that is under siege all across our country. So long as I am president, I will always protect your Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms."
Guttenberg said his relationship with the Trump Administration has not changed over the incident. "I would say it was never one that has been wonderful because I call out what I see, which is no meaningful action on gun violence," he said.
He believes the Administration uses language that "enhances the potential risk of violence."
"So I call them out on that. I mean, they're not an administration that is actually trying to lower the risk of violence around this country. They use language that enhances it and I will always call that out," he said.
Guttenberg has been a vocal advocate for gun reform since his daughter was among the 17 people killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida in February 2018.
He has previously written for Newsweek about the risk of being able to print 3D guns and gun safety legislation.
His wife Jennifer has written about losing her daughter to gun violence and why she believes the 2020 presidential election is the most important in a generation.
On Monday, the White House schedule listed an event: "The President greets Parkland families." It surprised Guttenberg and he wrote on Twitter to highlight that his family had not been invited.
It transpired that the closed-doors afternoon event was with a specific group called Stand With Parkland, founded by some of the families, to discuss the roll-out of a specific school safety initiative it was involved with.
Guttenberg, who is not part of the group, said he found the White House schedule misleading because it implied the event was a general meeting with Parkland families ahead of the shooting's two-year anniversary on February 14.
"Now that I know what it was, I'm OK not having been there. When the public schedule went out, it didn't say a meeting with members of Stand With Parkland to discuss school safety. It said meeting with Parkland families," Guttenberg said.
"I started getting phone calls and I sent out the tweet based on the information I had. I support Stand With Parkland, they've done really great things."
Guttenberg said he had no idea about the meeting and did not need to know of its taking place, but the White House schedule "made it look like they were meeting with the Parkland families considering the two-year mark."
"It was trying, in my eyes, to take advantage of an emotional moment. So I put out a tweet only knowing the public schedule, not knowing what the meeting was or who it was with," Guttenberg told Newsweek.
"I support the families who were there yesterday, but I'm very disappointed in the White House."
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham told Newsweek that guests at the event were chosen by Stand with Parkland and was to discuss the School Safety Clearinghouse.
"Stand with Parkland determined the invitations. They chose to invite families that have worked tirelessly with the Administration to develop the clearinghouse," Grisham said.
The group has been contacted for comment.
Fred Guttenberg is removed by security after yelling as President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on February 4, 2020