Vernon Jones Rips Beto O'Rourke: America Needs More 'God,' Not More 'Gun Control'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "I just wish we'd have more God in our lives because what is happening is absolutely astonishing and just beyond belief."O'Rourke, a former Democratic congressman who represented El Paso, Texas with a long history of contradicting positions on the Second Amendment and gun control, took the opportunity to inject himself during Governor Greg Abbott's Wednesday press conference covering the Robb Elementary mass shooting in Uvalde, before being ejected from the room.
41% : "We don't need gun control.
40% : He also clarified that the real issue is not gun control but a lack of God in people's lives that has brought about America's current state.
15% : Former state Rep. Vernon Jones, a conservative Democrat-turned-Republican running for Congress in Georgia, slammed Beto O'Rourke -- who is running against Greg Abbott for governor in 2022 -- after the failed presidential candidate crashed a press conference covering the mass shooting in Uvalde, saying O'Rourke should be "disgusted with himself," and called for more God -- not gun control -- in Americans' lives.

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