The march in the District of Columbia on Saturday afternoon in front of the Washington Monument will include a number of speakers calling for action against gun violence. Rallies are also scheduled for Saturday in more than 400 American cities in almost all 50 American states.
“After countless mass shootings and incidents of gun violence in our communities, it is time to return to the streets and move on with our lives,” the organization’s website said. “We marched in 2018 after the shooting of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, Florida, and now we’re back in the District of Columbia.”
The marches come along with renewed pressure in Congress on gun control. Lawmakers are under strong pressure to act in the wake of the recent mass shootings, and at least 10 Republicans must vote with Democrats to clear the 60-vote threshold, break the filibuster and pass legislation.
Despite widespread opposition to the GOP, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a leading Democrat in the bipartisan talks, told CNN he believed there would be more than 10 Republicans in support of Senate gun security measures.
“I think we’re going to put together a package that gets more than 10 Republican votes,” he told CNN’s John Berman on New Day on Thursday.
The March for Our Lives last held a rally in the District of Columbia in 2018 after the deadly shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida. The survivors of the shooting conveyed a resounding message that Washington’s inaction on the scourge of gun violence is no longer acceptable.
“Leaders, skeptics and cynics who told us to sit back, keep quiet and wait our turn, are welcome in the revolution,” then-Marjorie Stoneman student Douglas Cameron Caskey told audiences in Washington at the time.
“Either represent the people, or get away. Stand up for us or be careful.”
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