Inhofe Responds To Criticism Surrounding Newtown Remarks
Inhofe clarifies remarks about Newtown victims’ families
BY Staff Reports, Wednesday, April 10, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Jim Inhofe responded Wednesday to criticism of remarks he made Tuesday about the Senate’s proposed background check bill.
“I think it’s so unfair of the administration to hurt these families, to make them think this has something to do with them when, in fact, it doesn’t,” Inhofe told the Huffington Post on Tuesday in regard to families of those killed in the Connecticut school massacre.
Later, on his Facebook page, Inhofe said his remarks were misrepresented.
“My heart goes out to those who lost loved ones during the tragedy in Newtown,” he wrote. “I am even more saddened that the President and the liberal press are using these families to leverage a bill in the Senate that would not have prevented their horrible loss.