Survivors of the Club Q and Pulse nightclub shootings testified for more than three hours Wednesday on Capitol Hill
In all, eight LGBTQ activists testified at length Wednesday about the ways they said anti-gay rhetoric correlated with a rise in attacks on LGBTQ safe spaces.
“Outside of these spaces, we are continually being dehumanized, marginalized and targeted,” Slaugh said. “Hate starts with speech. The hateful rhetoric you’ve heard from elected leaders is the direct cause of the horrific shooting at Club Q.”The hearing was the third one Maloney has held this year after a mass killing, and it’s likely to be one of the key committee’s last before Republicans take control of the House.
“It’s easier to blame Republicans than have a serious discussion about the rise of violent crimes across the nation,” Comer said. “It’s easier, but it’s also irresponsible and reckless.”Brandon Wolf, a gay man who watched his best friend die in the attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, has spent the six years since the shooting advocating for gun control and LGBTQ rights. Many committee members during the hearing Wednesday directed their questions to him.
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