U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut was addressing gun violence on the Senate floor when news broke of a shooting at a high school in Santa Clarita, California.
An aide handed Blumenthal a note as he argued in favor of gun control legislation, according to video posted on Twitter by a CBS reporter.
“As I speak on the floor right now, there is a school shooting in Santa Clara, California. How can we turn the other way, how can we refuse to see that shooting in real time, demanding our attention, requiring our action?”
The city is actually Santa Clarita, California.
Blumenthal and fellow U.S. Senator from Connecticut Chris Murphy were arguing in favor of a universal background checks bill that passed the House earlier this year but stalled in the Senate.
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