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Before. so as a result, we see particular con send straegss in te texas, california, maryland and virginia and pennsylvania. >> reporter: but there is now pushback from some conservative political figures on the plan to bring afghan evacuees to america. stephen miller former top adviser to president trump went on fox news to say that resettling afghans is little more than a costly political move. >> those who are advocating masks, afghan resettlement in this country are doing so for political and not humanitarian reasons. it is extraordinarily expensive to resettle a refugee in the united stat...

Daughter-in-law, lara trump as she was railing against biden's border response. let's listen and then i want to get your comment. >> i don't know what you tell the people at the southern border, they better arm up and get guns and be ready and maybe they should start taking matters into their own hands. >> what do you think of that, she is calling for americans living on the southern border to arm up. your reaction to that. >> that's the dangerous rhetoric that gets people targeted and killed. that's the rhetoric that led to a guy driving ten hours from dallas, texas, toel paso to murder peopl...

Many other texans. what it tells the people is that guns should be more freely out there, that they are an acceptable way to handle conflict. because over the last 25 years in texas, we have gone from concealed carry to open carry. now to permitless carry, where basically anybody can carry a gun and they can't be asked about it by law enforcement. even though you are not coming out and saying it what you are projecting is this idea is that guns are more and more a way to handle conflict. that's where you get more dangerous situations and where you get people who are more likely to use a gun to...

Mcconnell and the republican majority aren't lining to even a majority of their constituents and they are holding up the bill. first congress needs to take action. it would be helpful if governors like greg abbott would follow through with their promises. after a mass shooting there, he told the people of texas he would make it harder for people to get and recklessly use guns. but the legislature actually made it easier for people to get guns rather than harder. there are a lot of things that need to be done at the federal and in the state level. >> in your state of texas where they just had a...

Societal solution? >> reporter: she talked about her goal. she says people should work on bridging their differences, working toward the gray instead of fighting with each other like everything is in black and white terms. >> she raises some very important questions. natasha chen, thank you so much joining me now, congressman from te texas. we have a staggering statistic, since the start of this year there have been at least 271 mass sootings in the united states. as you know, gun control legislation is stalled in congress. what is it going to take to end this endless cycle of gun violence? >>...