President Obama tweets on the heroic Democratic Gun Law Sit In

http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/06/22/just-in-president-obama-defiantly-responds-to-democrats-heroic-gun-sit-in-tweet/

John Lewis 

✔@repjohnlewis

Sometimes you have to get in the way. You have to make some noise by speaking up and speaking out against injustice & inaction #goodtrouble

7:57 AM - 22 Jun 2016

 
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And it looks like Lewis, his cohorts in the House, and the roughly 90 percent of Americans in favor of expanded background checks on gun purchases aren’t alone. On Wednesday morning, President Obama took to the @POTUS Twitter account to give Lewis his support.

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President Obama 

✔@POTUS

Thank you John Lewis for leading on gun violence where we need it most. https://twitter.com/repjohnlewis/status/745631702186336256 …

10:45 AM - 22 Jun 2016

 
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The sit-in orchestrated by Lewis was a reaction to a series of gun control measuresthat went down in flames on the Senate floor on Monday. No measures managed to get the 60 votes required for passage, and the votes went down largely along party lines.