House Democrats staged a sit-in to force a gun control vote, and as Seth Meyers observes – Republicans may not have budged on gun regulations – yet, but they found out they couldn’t just shut off the lights and leave Democrats in the dark either, thanks to the Dems near-mastery of new-fangled technology. As Seth observes, the linkup of C-SPAN through Periscope is the most tech-friendly thing they’ve done since covering the State of the Union via Snapchat. See photo.
Speaker Paul Ryan called the sit-in a ‘cheap publicity stunt.’ You may enjoy the footage Seth found of Ryan, ‘who would never engage in a meaningless stunt for the camera.’ Pictured is Ryan, his spotless sleeves rolled up, washing clean pots and pans in a deserted homeless shelter. While I’m on the topic, Ryan huffed that Democrats were standing or sitting in the way of accomplishing “the people’s business.” The business Ryan placed above gun regulation – the naming of seven post office branches.