El Paso, Dayton shootings prompt protest outside White House
WASHINGTON _ Protesters chanted "white supremacy has got to go" and "immigrants are welcome here" across from the White House on Tuesday at a rally sparked by mass shootings over the weekend that killed 31 people and injured many more.
Organized by a coalition of civil rights and gun reform groups, the rally demanded that President Donald Trump stop denigrating immigrants and that the Senate pass gun control legislation, including a bill that passed the House months ago requiring a background check for every gun sale.
"It's not Congress, it's Mitch McConnell in the Senate, representing the special interests of the NRA" that is responsible for inaction on gun control, said Kris Brown, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
Other groups involved in the Lafayette Square protest included Voto Latino, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
_CQ-Roll Call
