Couric Presses Ryan on Gun Control: ‘What Did You Think When the President Cried?’

Kyle Drennen | January 8, 2016
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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...”

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