that they understand that fox news and the president s allies in congress have done some damage. i want to know if you think, rev, that, you know, the president is calling in these code reds. i think it s clearly him calling it in and he s the one to benefit. i think that they not only got to worry about them leaking it to fox news. they have to think about he may be the one they would give it to and he is the one they re investigating. have you ever heard of someone under investigation sending their boys out, tell me what they got and tell them to cut off the investigation. i think we need al capone. absolutely al capone. we need to take a step back here. they are actually saying, as elected members of the senate, that we don t care if there was russian interference. chop it up, end it. i mean, they ought to be the ones more than anyone saying, are you telling me the patriotic
you here, to be looking at you today, thank you so much, sir, for coming. [ applause ] now, i would like to say, senator, these drills, code reds, active shooters, they ve been a part of my life for as long as i can remember. when i was in fifth grade, i had to hide in a closet in a bathroom for three hours, just waiting with my teacher and nearly 20 other kids, just because a shooter has come to our town, not even in the school itself. now, seven years later, i m in a closet with 19 other kids, waiting, fearing for my own life. now, i would like to ask you, after me and several others have been going out of their way, going to the state capitol, speaking out, we would like to know why do we have to be the ones to do this, why do we have to speak out to the capitol, why do we have to march on
past week, we ve just really wanted to reach out and speak face-to-face to anybody who has a say in this debate. and i know this is not a debate, this is a discussion. but i m just thankful to have you here, to be looking at you today, thank you so much, sir, for coming. [ applause ] now, i would like to say, senator, these drills, code reds, active shooters, they ve been a part of my life for as long as i can remember. when i was in fifth grade, i had to hide in a closet in a bathroom for three hours, just waiting with my teacher and nearly 20 other kids, just because a shooter has come to our town, not even in the school itself. now, seven years later, i m in a closet with 19 other kids, waiting, fearing for my own life. now, i would like to ask you, after me and several others have been going out of their way,
ryan from stoneman douglas had pointed questions for the senator. now, i d like to say, senator, these drills, code reds, active shooters, they have been a part of my life for as long as i can remember. when i was in fifth grade i had to hide in a bathroom for three hours and just waiting with my teacher. and nearly 20 other kids to see that just because the shooter has come to our town, not even in the school itself. now 7 years later i m in a closet with 19 other kids, waiting, fearing for my own life. i d like to ask you, that after me and several others have been going out of their way, going to the state capitol, speaking out, we d like to know, why do we have to be the ones to do this? why do we have to speak out to
to shield kids, to hide them in closets, to shelter them. and i hope this lifts up who teachers are and who their heart is. number two, safety is really important. and, yes, we have to do all of the trainings and we have to do the active shooter trainings and code yellows and code reds and code greens. we have to do all of that. but we have to do the work to ensure that kids like this, mr. cruz, get the mental health help they need. that means not cutting mental health services, not cutting school safety services, but having them so that teachers have the ability to have those supportive environments for kids. so, teachers want to teach. they do not want armed fortresses. they want this problem solved. let s lift them up for a moment. there are grieving children all over the country. my 1.7 million members we are