More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
In an interview with House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday, Yahoo! News anchor Katie Couric grilled the Republican leader on gun control: “Let’s talk about President Obama’s executive action on guns. What did you think when the President cried?...Were you affected by it?”
Ryan pushed back: “I didn’t really think about his crying....I was affected by it, but I thought we should have had the same kind of reaction when James Foley was beheaded, when San Bernardino and Paris occurred.” He added: “What I think he’s trying to do is distract from basically his failed policies. I think a week we can talk about gun control is a week we’re not talking about our failure to confront ISIS...”