Abby Phillip: “What should happen now to stop this from your perspective as a Republican?”
Scott Jennings: “I think the first question you have to ask is, why did it happen? I don't think it happened because of guns. I think it happened because somebody who was clearly suffering from severe mental illness had — ”
Abby Phillip: “ — had access to weapons that would allow them to carry out a terrible shooting.”
Scott Jennings: “Well, and — and the mental illness was encouraged.”
Jeff Gardere: “What about people who don’t have mental illness?”
Scott Jennings: “I don't think you could tip-toe around this issue. And when you look at the messages that were written, in some of the materials and on the weapons that we've seen, I mean, this person obviously was in a dark, dark place.”
Bakari Sellers: “Mental illness is a cop-out for today… I love how the GOP believes that — that’s God’s only party, but you have people of faith on both sides… What happens after the prayers is that there’s another sh00ting. The problem is it’s the d*mn g*ns.”