Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) told reporters that the gun debate has nothing to do with the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting on Tuesday, the same day they took to Capitol Hill to lobby lawmakers into enacting new gun legislation, according to the Huffington Post.
Inhofe maintained that the Obama administration was using the families as political pawns and that if they believed that the gun debate concerns them, that is because President Obama has convinced them it was so.
“See, I think it’s so unfair of the administration to hurt these families, to make them think this has something to do with them when, in fact, it doesn’t,” Inhofe said.
When it was suggested that the families of Newtown victims actually believe the gun debate pertains to them, Inhofe said, “Well, that’s because they’ve been told that by the president.”
