GOP Representative Tom Emmer said the video 'wasn't an ad' and that he was 'tweeting out' about firing shots with his fellow Republicans.
Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, was injured in a mass shooting while practicing for an annual congressional baseball game in Alexandria, Virginia, in 2017. He suffered non-life-threatening injuries along with some congressional aides and two police officers.
"I never heard you or anyone else in the media trying to blame Democrats for what happened. We need to stay focused on what we're all doing," he said, however Brennan pushed back, saying that the incident was extensively covered byAbove, Representative Tom Emmer, a Minnesota Republican, is seen at a town hall meeting on February 22, 2017, in Sartell, Minnesota.
When Brennan tried to ask Emmer again about the hashtag, he avoided providing an explanation and said that he was practicing his Second Amendment right by posting a video of himself shooting a gun. "Do you not understand that that is suggestive to people who are in a bad state. And in this current environment, how risky it is as you're talking about these issues of lowering the rhetoric?" Brennan asked before she told Emmer about how Republican candidates focused on mentioning Pelosi in their campaign ads. Emmer then went on to blame Democrats for high inflation and crime rates.
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