民主黨靜坐抗議 衆議院一片混亂
WASHingTON — Several dozen lawmakers led by Representatives Katherine Clark of Massachusetts and John Lewis a longtime civil rights leader disrupted the US House Wednesday by staging a sit-in on the floor of the chamber to demand that the Republican leadership allow votes on gun legislation.
華盛頓——在凱瑟琳克拉克領導的馬薩諸塞州幾十名議員和長期民權領袖約翰·劉易斯打亂了美國衆議院週三在地板上靜坐要求共和黨領導人允許槍支立法上投票。
The protest — over bills blocked by House leaders that would expand background checks and attempt to prevent suspected terrorists from buying guns — came more than a week after the Orlando nightclub massacre the country’s worst mass shooting in modern history with 49 victims.
此次抗議發生在奧蘭多襲擊致死49人成爲美國史上最嚴重的槍擊事件之後，因爲相關槍支法案受到衆議院領袖阻撓。法案如果通過將會擴大背景調查並阻止恐怖嫌疑人購買槍支。
House Speaker Paul Ryan the chamber’s top Republican dismissed the sit-in as a “publicity stunt’’ in a CNN interview and said the House GOP had no intention of passing measures that he said would erode gun ownership rights.
衆議院議長保羅瑞安（共和黨在衆議院的一把手）在接受CNN採訪時斥責這次的抗議是一次“作秀”，並稱衆議院共和黨人無意通過這個這些法案，因爲這會侵蝕槍支所有權的權利。
