Jim Acosta Confronts Tennessee Republican Over Gun Violence Response

CNN’s Jim Acosta questioned Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Saturday over why he can’t “get along with the Democrats and get it finished” in response to acts of gun violence throughout the nation.

Acosta performed a clip of the Tennessee Republican’s “we’re not going to repair it” response to gun violence after three kids and three adults died in a faculty taking pictures in his state final month.

The CNN anchor introduced up this weekend’s lethal taking pictures at a Texas residence and picked aside Burchett’s claims about lawmakers’ incapacity to deal with gun violence.

“Lots of people take heed to what you simply mentioned and mentioned ’wait a minute, it’s your job to repair this and it’s unacceptable to have mass taking pictures after mass taking pictures after mass taking pictures.’ Why not repair this? Get along with the Democrats and get it finished,” Acosta mentioned.

Burchett, in response, reiterated his name for a Christian “revival” as a possible answer.

“I used to be most likely talking extra from a Christian perspective, I additionally went on to say we want actual revival on this nation,” Burchett mentioned of his previous assertion.

“There’s Christianity in different international locations and so they don’t have mass shootings,” Acosta famous.

″Effectively they don’t have our freedom, both, they don’t have the Second Modification,” replied the Republican, who warned about using 3D printers to make weapons.

The 5 folks killed within the latest Texas mass taking pictures be part of an inventory of 13,819 individuals who have died on account of gun violence within the U.S. this yr, in keeping with the Gun Violence Archive.

There have been 176 mass shootings within the U.S. in 2023, as of Sunday, the positioning famous.

Twitter customers slammed Burchett over his response to Acosta and questioned him over “what freedom” the U.S. has in comparison with different international locations.