Lawmaker says he will protest "moment of silence" in House
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic congressman frustrated with inaction on gun control said Monday he's done with the moments of silence typically held on the House floor after mass shootings, calling them "obnoxious expressions of smug incompetence."
Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes says he will leave the House floor when the chamber pauses to honor 49 people killed at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning.
The Democrat's Connecticut district is close to Newtown, where a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six adults at an elementary school in 2012.